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> On Jan 15, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> wrote:
>=20
> On 1/14/2016 3:55 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
>> But, when you have almost infinitely deep pockets, like
>> Google, you don't need to create *everything* yourself, no,
>> you simply wait for someone else to build it, then wait a
>> little longer for them to market it successfully, and when
>> it's juuuusssst starting to turn a profit, you swoop in,
>> purchase it, and then you drive that "money train" at full
>> speed until its wheels fall off!
>>=20
>> And if the owners refuse to sell, no problem, you offer
>> their customers the same services at bargain basement
>> discounts -- then they'll have no choice but to sell, or
>> face bankruptcy. Yep, just another tactic of economic
>> warfare.
>=20
> Hmm, sounds like they're stealing plays from Micro$oft.
>=20
> Emile
>=20

What Micro$oft was actually sued for was worse.  They would approach a =
small company: =E2=80=9CWe like your product/technology, we think we are =
interested in buying you out, but we want to see your code to be sure it =
is modular/well-documented/etc.=E2=80=9D  Then, after looking over the =
code: =E2=80=9CWell, it actually doesn=E2=80=99t fit our plans.  =
Sorry.=E2=80=9D  Six months or so later, essentially identical stuff =
would turn up in a Micro$soft product.

-Bill=