<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Besides, it's old news anyway as we heard about it on TV 2 days ago.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=paul@bruesch.net href="mailto:paul@bruesch.net">paul bruesch</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hpp@highpointpiano.com href="mailto:hpp@highpointpiano.com">hpp@highpointpiano.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 14, 2011 1:13 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] More of - if Microsoft can't compete on their own -they buy it out....</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>It's quite easy, in any mail client or webmail system, to filter messages by sender. I never receive any of the plethora of ludicrous anti-MS rantings. If you don't receive them, you won't be tempted to feed the trolls who perpetrate them. Feeding trolls only keeps them begging for more.<BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Garret E. Traylor <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:hpp@highpointpiano.com">hpp@highpointpiano.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Microsoft/Mac Freeks,<BR>Please STOP wasting the pianotech bandwidth with on your off topics. I don't<BR>like coming here for this reason.<BR>Garret<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf<BR>Of Duaine Hechler<BR>Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:40 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Subject: [pianotech] More of - if Microsoft can't compete on their own -<BR>they buy it out....<BR><BR>Since, on their own, they can't compete with the iPhone - they bought out<BR>Skype.<BR><BR><A href="http://gigaom.com/2011/05/09/why-microsoft-is-buying-skype-for-8-billion/" target=_blank>http://gigaom.com/2011/05/09/why-microsoft-is-buying-skype-for-8-billion/</A><BR><BR>--<BR>Duaine Hechler<BR>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ<BR>Tuning, Servicing&  Rebuilding<BR>Reed Organ Society Member<BR>Florissant, MO 63034<BR><A href="tel:%28314%29%20838-5587" value="+13148385587">(314) 838-5587</A><BR><A href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com" target=_blank>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</A><BR><FONT color=#888888>--<BR>Home&  Business user of Linux - 11 years<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>