Jerry,
>>>>BSA is not just concerned with MS stuff. They represent others as well. BSA is an alliance. If you call MS a bad guy then Apple, Macromedia, IBM, Novell, and Adobe must be too.
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>>>Ya, and the Gulf war was fought by a lot of countries. :)
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>>I don't get the comment. Are you saying the US was the only "fighting" party for the coalition?
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>>Dan
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>Take the US military out of the Gulf coalition forces and there wouldn't have been a military response to Iraq. Take MS out of the BSA and you won't have a BSA. Proof: why are all the pirating concerns over WinXX? How many, by comparison, actions against pirates of other software have you seen. A handful, for puposes of publicity to make the BSA seem less like an MS tool.
Simple... Follow the money... <g>
Best,
DD
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