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Storm Brewing over Microsoft on the Horizon?
SexyFingers writes "Robert X. Cringely, of I, Cringely discusses one of the last anti-trust lawsuit beleaguering Microsoft. It seems like Microsoft is looking bad on these bouts... words like, lie, dissemble, ignores were applied to Microsoft."
oh, come on now, don't you understand why abusing your monopoly is illegal? if you don't understand it, you should just believe it.
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You don't understand the concept that abuse of monopolies is a problem. If you don't understand that, none of the details will make sense to you either. Go back to the Sherman act. Go back to monopolies of the past, and find out why they are a problem. Find out why the Sherman act was invented.
Sigh, I'm well aware of the reasoning behind monopoly-breaking legislation. I also think that when it comes to privately owned companies built from the ground up it's stupid, and possibly immoral to tear them down.
Microsoft wasn't granted a government license to construct railroads or build and run the phone lines. They created products people bought. "But Lunix and Opera are sooo coooo!!" Boo friggin hoo.
When you say customers have choice, you lose all credibility.
My Powerbook running itunes, quicktime, and Firefox disagrees with you.
Well, if the customers are being fucked, they should stop buying MS stuff. And if their business partners are being fucked, then they should stop being partners with Microsoft.
Well, what would you more like to be: being fucked or dead?
... I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way. (J. Cash)