1998-01-06 - Re: 800 pound GorillaSoft

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From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
To: Salvatore DeNaro <Salvatore_DeNaro@usccmail.lehman.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-01-06 17:04:53 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 01:04:53 +0800

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From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 01:04:53 +0800
To: Salvatore DeNaro <Salvatore_DeNaro@usccmail.lehman.com>
Subject: Re: 800 pound GorillaSoft
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On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Salvatore DeNaro passed me this url:

 http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JF98/burstein.html

"But instead of waiting for a ruling on the case, the BSA abruptly dropped
the suit in the fall of 1997. The BSA receives funding from most of the
top software companies but appears to be most heavily funded by Microsoft.
And, according to Antel's information technology manager, Ricardo
Tascenho, the company settled the matter by signing a "special agreement"
with Microsoft to replace all of its software with Microsoft products...."



Happy happy joy joy.  Microsoft saves a pirate by assimilating it.
Resistance is futile. You will sell NT. :(
 

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