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Microsoft Dislikes Nations Trying to Escape Lock-in
Johnny Mnemonic writes "Reuters, link to C|Net, is reporting that Microsoft considers a possible collaboration among three Asian nations to produce their own OS "unfair". You just can't make this stuff up. Shouldn't Asian nations also have the Freedom to Innovate? Or is this merely a dodge by Microsoft to demonstrate that they really do face competition? Will they hire Boies to prosecute their case?"
A cartel of governments with an annual GDP in the 5 trillion range producing an OS with the intent of "compeating" with a company in the neighborhood of a thousand times smaller is not the free market. They should innovate. Small business loads, grad students. But ultimately governments making software isn't a whole lot better than governments making airplanes or computer chips. Microsoft does have a case. And they probably should get the US to go to step up to the plate, especially considering how little of the MS software in use throughout asia was paid for.
--Jimmy has fancy plans; and pants to match.
Microsoft considers a possible collaboration among three Asian nations to produce their own OS "unfair".
Boo-fucking-hoo.... My ass bleeds peanut butter for you Bill. It's not enough that you've strong-armed the rest of the free world into running your Big Brother Inside spyware package, you won't stop untill every living being has a Wintel microchip implanted at the base of the skull.
You have a "god" complex. Someone is going to knock you off of your high horse, and that someone is a little guy named TUX..
P.S. Bill, please die soon, we've had quite enough already..
One company or two, Microsoft software is still gonna be shit.