Does Microsoft own all communications that originate, terminate, or pass through passport.com? If anti-spam legislation is passed, that means they can be sued for any and all spam that passes through their systems. If the amount of spam I get from hotmail users is any indication, Bill Gates will be bankrupt within seventy-two hours.
If Microsoft is to be split up, there are two ways of doing it. The first is horizontally, which has alrady been discussed. The second is veritcally, but that poses problems. The DOJ complains that MS has a monopoly or uses monopolistic powers when pushing its browser or OS. Breaking up the company into three separate companies wouldn't help: rather than have one company pushing two products that more or less dominate the market, you have two companies, each pushing a product that dominates their respective markets.
In addition, with IE made by a separate company and sold for free...well, that company is not going to take in a lot of income without a lot of ads and such, which would make IE a lot less attractive. I believe that if IE were split into a separate company, it would eventually be taken over, just as Netscape was. Splitting up Microsoft does not seem to be the way to go. Much as I dislike Microsoft, I have to say that breaking them up would more than likely do more harm than good.
Perhaps the DOJ should target another organization that wields its monopolistic powers more than Microsoft ever could, that dominates America, and indeed the world, more than Microsoft could ever dream of. I am, of course, referring to the government of the United States of America. Perhaps it's time to return to that idea of "Of the people, by the people, for the people."
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>We can assume that the original article wasn't written in English and thus had to be translated at some point.
What do you think the BBC originally wrote it in, Swahili?
Does Microsoft own all communications that originate, terminate, or pass through passport.com? If anti-spam legislation is passed, that means they can be sued for any and all spam that passes through their systems. If the amount of spam I get from hotmail users is any indication, Bill Gates will be bankrupt within seventy-two hours.
If Microsoft is to be split up, there are two ways of doing it. The first is horizontally, which has alrady been discussed. The second is veritcally, but that poses problems. The DOJ complains that MS has a monopoly or uses monopolistic powers when pushing its browser or OS. Breaking up the company into three separate companies wouldn't help: rather than have one company pushing two products that more or less dominate the market, you have two companies, each pushing a product that dominates their respective markets.
In addition, with IE made by a separate company and sold for free...well, that company is not going to take in a lot of income without a lot of ads and such, which would make IE a lot less attractive. I believe that if IE were split into a separate company, it would eventually be taken over, just as Netscape was. Splitting up Microsoft does not seem to be the way to go. Much as I dislike Microsoft, I have to say that breaking them up would more than likely do more harm than good.
Perhaps the DOJ should target another organization that wields its monopolistic powers more than Microsoft ever could, that dominates America, and indeed the world, more than Microsoft could ever dream of. I am, of course, referring to the government of the United States of America. Perhaps it's time to return to that idea of "Of the people, by the people, for the people."