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1997-07-22 - Re: Will Monolithic Apps Dominate?

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From: “William H. Geiger III” <whgiii@amaranth.com>
To: Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org>
Message Hash: fd1b28869db979ed688fda270965cc92922667069a40dfeec3bbfe75adcb4b9a
Message ID: <199707220222.VAA02243@mailhub.amaranth.com>
Reply To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970721183747.25439E-100000@devel.nacs.net>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-22 03:19:11 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:19:11 +0800

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From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:19:11 +0800
To: Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org>
Subject: Re: Will Monolithic Apps Dominate?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970721183747.25439E-100000@devel.nacs.net>
Message-ID: <199707220222.VAA02243@mailhub.amaranth.com>
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In <Pine.LNX.3.95.970721183747.25439E-100000@devel.nacs.net>, on 07/21/97 
   at 06:40 PM, Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org> said:

>   Because software development for I2O peripherals is forbidden for
>   nonmembers, the US$5,000 yearly membership dues will put individuals
>   and small organizations out of the game. Members themselves are not
>   permitted to disclose their source code, and Microsoft has veto power
>   to drop any organization from the SIG. This makes a grim scenario for
>   independent programmers.

Sounds like a text book example for a anti-trust lawsuit angainst
Microsoft, Intell & the I20 SIG.

I wonder what Watcom, Borland and a few of the other compiler manufactures
think about this.

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