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Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's deals with major PC vendors lock users out from alternative options, such as Linux. A recent whitepaper calculates that the cost to industry of this Microsoft monopoly is $10 billion per year."
But this is what, $42.00 in American currency? ;)
NMG
Did you just say ass hack?
A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
Even a leftist college prof can understand the following: Learn the facts, Jack - 1. You can buy any s/w you like. 2. Nobody forces you or anyone else to buy MSC products, Sun products, or Mac products. 3. If you *think* that you are being forced to buy a particular product, and don't like it, then don't buy it. Go do something more productive with your life. You have that choice. 4. The only way a monopoly can exist is by the force of gov't. Remember Ma Bell, or are you too young, pompous and insular to learn the lessons of history? 5. Only gov't can use force. Many of you wish that gov't agents descend upon MSC, and destroy their market share. 6. Remember - gov't will eventually use armed force to make you comply with the law. That means that eventually, armed gov't agents will attack you if you fail to comply. If you suddenly got good at what you do, and everyone wanted your product over all others, how would you like to wake up to the barrel of a gun? 7. Market forces allowed MSC to succeed where others wimped out. In other words, we (as a group) gave MSC more money than any other, all with our own free will. That is what made MSC dominate. 8. The wimps who could not produce a product that we all wanted (Sun, etc), now want to use the courts and the force of gov't to take away market share from MSC. 9. The wimps that bought MSC products and who now have regrets about their own purchasing judgment also want to use the force of gov't to damage MSC. 10. Sure, I cuss MSC products everyday. I also cuss my Japanese car, and my cell phone provider. That does not mean I want to use armed gov't agents to attack them. Do you? I'll just buy something better and let the unseen hand of the market place decide who will dominate. We still have the right to choose most of the products we buy with out much gov't intrusion. But if we leave it up to the brillant leftist-socialist-know-it-alls, we'll all have to buy what THEY want.
No the money is gaining traction in the ever growing solution delivery platforms while maintaining a hold on your core value asset vertical markets.
That's where the money is at.
In short, swindling people out of their hard earned money because you bought a key part of infrastructure that makes the world go round [oil, engines, cell towers, cable lines, satelites] and are not in it to be fair and participating in a free market.
The sole purpose in life is to make money, short of that you're a failure two-bit hussler trying to rain on an otherwise sunny day.
That's what it's about.
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
This is exactly what I've always thought; the government favors any monopoly that brings in foreign money, even if it hurts its citizens.
Waiiii!!!!!! I have bad karma!