Re: China gets access to Windows source code

From: Bradley Bungmunch (Bradley@Bungmunch.com)
Date: 03/03/03 

From: Bradley Bungmunch <Bradley@Bungmunch.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:28:07 +0000

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 21:51:43 -0500, "David 01" <ifiwantspam@illask.org>
wrote:

>
>"biollante" <biollante@biollante.com> wrote in message
>news:NkQ7a.17519$aa.5099238@twister.socal.rr.com...
>> http://www.fool.com/news/take/2003/mft/mft03022803.htm
>>
>>
>Bill Gates isn't as smart as I gave him credit for being.
>

Not at all. He just bumped up against somebody who is bigger than him
and can easily afford to call his bluff.

If he didn't hand over the source code to the Chinese, then he was
simply going to be shut out of a large developing market.

Isn't it ironic though, that a communist state appears to be doing
more to further the cause of anti-competative practices then western
democracies?

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