" Holy God, the voice of reason in this sea of nimwits. Yeah, this would seem to be the better approach, claiming MS has a monopoly when they demonstrably and provably don't and then letting the ensuing pointless consent decree carry on for years was stupid. A better approach is to look at the real problem, if there is one, and move government spending to counter that problem.
In this case, a single massively dominant OS is actually good in most ways, but possibly not in terms of the longevity and compatibility of government documents. "
Yeah, whatever "nitwit" aka former MS employee. A review of your posts confirms this.
In any case, it was proven that MS violated the Sherman Act and had a monopoly, and this was upheld by the Court of Appeals. And no, a "single" OS isn't a good thing, STANDARDS are a good thing. MS hates standards they can't EE/E though.
You're idiotic rant that it was "demonstrably" false is just more shilling.
"True enough. Any moral company would have taken one look at the situation, thanked the ANC for their time, and walked away. Telephones are a service, not a basic human right to be provided at the expense of others."
Stupidly blind comment. It is not "provided at the expense of others" if it was a properly formed public company, not this SBC montrosity the S. Africa made; I'm thinking publicly-owned PetroCanada, Mexico's PEMEX, etc. They profit from providing their service and not one dime would come from my pocket if I didn't use that service. Think USPS. Also, do you know why that comment is so stupid, short sighted, and destructive? Because Investment in a country by the gov't is a very good investment indeed, increasing education, increasing income, thereby raising the tax base of a gov't that in turn helps the entire population out with better education and investment. Read up on post-war Japan's reincarnation as a huge power. Hint of keywords: Theodore Schultz, Nobel Prize of Economics, Human capital.
Try doing that in Canada and actually *attracting* business. 3559294 square miles, cold, snow, etc.
Have fun! There's a reason Canada has so many efficient, well-regulated Crown corporations. You have to INVEST in infrastructure like telecoms, broadband, roads etc. through public ownership, FIRST, to attract business. Even the Conservative gov't of Ontario knew this when they created Ontario Hydro, a publicly owned corporation.
BTW, Canada never had an Enron debacle. Oh the joys of neo-liberalism, huh?
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Holy God, the voice of reason in this sea of nimwits. Yeah, this would seem to be the better approach, claiming MS has a monopoly when they demonstrably and provably don't and then letting the ensuing pointless consent decree carry on for years was stupid. A better approach is to look at the real problem, if there is one, and move government spending to counter that problem.
In this case, a single massively dominant OS is actually good in most ways, but possibly not in terms of the longevity and compatibility of government documents.
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Yeah, whatever "nitwit" aka former MS employee. A review of your posts confirms this.
In any case, it was proven that MS violated the Sherman Act and had a monopoly, and this was upheld by the Court of Appeals. And no, a "single" OS isn't a good thing, STANDARDS are a good thing. MS hates standards they can't EE/E though.
You're idiotic rant that it was "demonstrably" false is just more shilling.
"True enough. Any moral company would have taken one look at the situation, thanked the ANC for their time, and walked away. Telephones are a service, not a basic human right to be provided at the expense of others." Stupidly blind comment. It is not "provided at the expense of others" if it was a properly formed public company, not this SBC montrosity the S. Africa made; I'm thinking publicly-owned PetroCanada, Mexico's PEMEX, etc. They profit from providing their service and not one dime would come from my pocket if I didn't use that service. Think USPS. Also, do you know why that comment is so stupid, short sighted, and destructive? Because Investment in a country by the gov't is a very good investment indeed, increasing education, increasing income, thereby raising the tax base of a gov't that in turn helps the entire population out with better education and investment. Read up on post-war Japan's reincarnation as a huge power. Hint of keywords: Theodore Schultz, Nobel Prize of Economics, Human capital.
Try doing that in Canada and actually *attracting* business. 3559294 square miles, cold, snow, etc. Have fun! There's a reason Canada has so many efficient, well-regulated Crown corporations. You have to INVEST in infrastructure like telecoms, broadband, roads etc. through public ownership, FIRST, to attract business. Even the Conservative gov't of Ontario knew this when they created Ontario Hydro, a publicly owned corporation. BTW, Canada never had an Enron debacle. Oh the joys of neo-liberalism, huh?