Comments on: Shareholder Likens Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates to Bernard Madoff http://techrights.org/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/comment-page-1/#comment-59630 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:04:12 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/#comment-59630 We discussed this group in IRC today. It does seem a tad dodgy. We discussed this group in IRC today. It does seem a tad dodgy.

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/comment-page-1/#comment-59629 David Gerard Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:46:35 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/#comment-59629 Oh, good Lord. I don't find it possible to take seriously a group who (a) misspell their own URL (b) keep the misspelt version! Oh, good Lord. I don’t find it possible to take seriously a group who (a) misspell their own URL (b) keep the misspelt version!

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/comment-page-1/#comment-59628 Roy Schestowitz Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:18:34 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/#comment-59628 Is there another source other than The Economist which indicates that Microsoft lost $18 billion in 1998? Any corroboration would be handy. Is there another source other than The Economist which indicates that Microsoft lost $18 billion in 1998?

Any corroboration would be handy.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/comment-page-1/#comment-59627 Needs Sunlight Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:42:47 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/12/shareholder-accusation-msft/#comment-59627 It would not surprise me if some or even most of the yammering about Unc Fester there were only a PR campaign to distance Gates from the pyramid scheme and subsequent collapse. From day 1, it looked like Ballmer's job was to ride the scam into the ground. After all, Gates did bail when he saw the figures for 1998... However, SCO and then Novell, have been essential in postponing the popping of the bubble. It would not surprise me if some or even most of the yammering about Unc Fester there were only a PR campaign to distance Gates from the pyramid scheme and subsequent collapse. From day 1, it looked like Ballmer’s job was to ride the scam into the ground. After all, Gates did bail when he saw the figures for 1998…

However, SCO and then Novell, have been essential in postponing the popping of the bubble.

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