Monopolists Dropped Off At The County Line

An anonymous reader submits: "In this discussion thread members of PLUG (Phoenix Linux Users Group) may have come up with a way to pressure governmental agencies to switch to software other than that from Microsoft. County purchasing policies in Maricopa County, AZ prohibit purchasing from companies or persons convicted under state or federal antitrust statutes. At least one other county, Coconino, that I have checked so far has similar requirements. I think that it's time to make the government follow their own rules and stop spending any more money with criminals."

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MSFT was not convicted

[Anonymous Coward]

MSFT case is in the courts no conviction has been rendered

Law is ridiculous

[Anonymous Coward]

Once the monopolists have been tried and convicted and payed the remedy there is no reason to not buy their products - they paid their debt to society and afterall have the best product on the market which gave them the monopoly in the first place.

Re:Are they serious?

[Oliver Defacszio]

In the Linux world, you have the right to choose the best tool as long as it agrees with the zealot philosophy. It's a lot like the old "any color you want as long as it is black" Henry Fordism.