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Username:	Warlock
Date/Time:	Wed, May 23, 2001 at 11:56 AM GMT
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Subject:	You must be the kind of person.....
Message:
...who accepts Microsoft stuff as the one 'true' system because it (in a manner of speaking) 'got there first', therefore everything else is wrong! Using your example, Microsoft has no responsibility to alternative systems, and indeed it doesnt take any. Other systems have to work around Microsoft if compatibility is required (just as the alternative roots work around ICANN). Does this make the other systems illegitimate? No. The difference? The Microsoft/alternative example isnt bound up with all the legal string. The pocket-lining attitude of corporate control remains constant however reading between the lines (yes that is my opinion). Do you feel forced to run Microsoft products? Do you think you have a choice? Ask yourself why this is any different? You are just what the "we know whats good for you" organisations love. Notice I'm not engaging here if ICANN are right or wrong I'm simply pointing out your acceptance of certain things rather than developing an informed opinion. Sorry if this wasnt as hot as you were hoping for. Yes your post was flamebait and yes I took it, if only for the chance to open your eyes a little wider.

Message Thread:

• Who the hell are the alternate roots to claim ownership anyway? — Slicer, May 22, 2001 @ 10:46 PM (3/13)
• what is neulevel's claim? — Anion, May 23, 2001 @ 10:08 PM (1/5)
• Fwaaahahaha... — Slicer, May 24, 2001 @ 3:18 AM (1/4)
• not true — Anion, May 24, 2001 @ 5:46 AM (1/3)
• *snicker* *snort* — Slicer, May 24, 2001 @ 10:31 PM (1/2)
• . — Anion, May 25, 2001 @ 5:05 AM (1/1)
• Damn right. — Slicer, May 25, 2001 @ 5:09 AM (0/0)
• Choice — Elvis, May 23, 2001 @ 9:40 PM (1/1)
• No Choice — Slicer, May 24, 2001 @ 10:43 PM (0/0)
• You must be the kind of person..... — Warlock, May 23, 2001 @ 11:56 AM (1/4)
• From me to you: Die of heart disease. — Slicer, May 24, 2001 @ 3:02 AM (1/3)
• Ha Ha Ha,  logic escapes you! — Elvis, May 24, 2001 @ 9:48 PM (1/2)
• SIEG! HEIL! SIEG! HEIL! — Slicer, May 24, 2001 @ 10:26 PM (1/1)
• Lucky you — Elvis, May 25, 2001 @ 2:00 AM (0/0)

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