Subject: RE: Music Biz Urges Download Harmony ...
From Gilgamash
PostID 311475 On Tuesday, February 03, 2004 (EST) at 2:33:53 PM
Response To: NEWeLONG PostID 311456
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Mr. Dave Fester, GM of Microsoft's Windows Digital Media division could have well said...
We collectively need to do the right thing for the (''Microsoft''), instead of consumer...
The competition between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs has a twisted history that is well known in Silicon Valley...
At some point, Bill Gates stopped trying to ''kill'' Steve Jobs and Apple, recognizing that he needed Apple to survive in order for Microsoft to flourish to its world dominanace...
Even after accountants took over Apple from Jobs and ran it into ground, Gates helped his nemesis Jobs with a $150 million loan to get Apple going again...
DABOSS is right. There will never be a ''convergence'' of Apple and Windows. Gates needs that degree of separation to fight his antitrust battles here and abroad...
Regards...Gilgamash...
