bigjohnt - 7:05 pm on Apr 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

Right on John! My guess is that the only folks still paying for netsol are those that REALLY think their renewal notice is an invoice<questionable practice> and pay them even after transfer. I have transferred dozens of domains, each after receiving the notice, and still get bills months later. Less savvy web operators would probably pay them- out of fear (several of my clients ALMOST did!).
M$ will survive, and continue to thrive despite bad decisions. I don't think the cases will change their behavior at all. "Windues" is here to stay - software as a service.

Heck they're dancing close enough with the feds that the government might as well put them in charge of cybersecurity. It is flaws in M$ products that make virii on a mass scale viable. (Gee, all those patches are released fairly quickly.. perhaps they could be implemented before release to the "beta" customers! Nah, there's not profit in quality/security assurance.)

If Apple had the firepower to last in court, instead of being "paid off and propped up" it would have been a completely different desktop world.

I daresay I have come to like some M$ products, after coming from MacLand (I still own three Macs, and love them) but their blatant disregard for law, arrogance and intimidation in the marketplace is deplorable.