On Tuesday 01 July 2003 11:46 am, Will Roffe wrote: I would just like to say that the people I delt with in Software Images were very professional. They have put themselves in this position probably without much consideration of the impact it might have. To some extent I am sorry they have been involved. I am sure they are an honest, productive business, and they didn't intensionally wish to get into this bun fight. The real story here is not about Software Images - its about how Microsoft, dispite its commitment to "compete on technical merit" does in fact continue to engauge in agreements which exclude competitors. To be sure they are not the only organisation which does this, however they are a substantial monopoly in the software field, so restricting its competitors. Software Images here are more unwitting victims of MS strategy than willing partners. Perhaps some good will come of all this - in that NZ companies will be less willing to enter into questionable exclusivity agreements with large international monopolies. ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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