you must remember this is not a company that is white and pure. they've been found guilty of uncompetitive practices at least twice. this is the us government saying "ok, you've broken the law, and you are ignoring the fact that you did so, and you're continuing your uncompetitive practices."
this is the government stepping in to protect our smaller companies. yes you could see it as a bad precedent of government interference, but thats what our government is suppsed to do. thats why we have a the FTC.
if you look at how microsoft in the last few years does their business, they have NO qualms about making their way the ONLY way. its only in the last 18 months that they're realizing they overstepped their bounds, what with the backlash over the win2k ClientAccessLicensing model and things like that.
microsoft needs to learn humility. squishing it into smaller parts isnt the answer. im' not sure what is, but i do like the suggestion about forcing them to release all their source code.
i recall reading that IBM has an email solution for companies who are running Exchange servers. you can keep the Exchange servers, and use (i'm guessing) Lotus email to access the Exchange servers.
will it have the same susceptability to virii? perhaps, perhaps not. is it a viable option? probalby for those companies who dont want to get stuck in the new Microsoft Client Access Licensing prices and want a migration plan instead of a revolution.
if you really want to see some action, you should write to your US congressman with a clear consise non-flame worded letter explaining how Microsoft's practices are bad and stifle innovation and raise costs.
if you're living in one of the 19 states, write to your state represenatives and do the same.
why? well, the US govt is supposed to work this way. our wonderful politicians will listen to the largest voices, and voters have that. especially if we're clear and concise. and i think/. has enough voices, some of them even rather reasonable and eloquent.
its not just for java, theres a few developers who've written C programs for their TINI boards too...
but i'd much rather spend $70 on a TINI than $300 on the uCLinux DIMM... especially when you know 3 weeks later its gonna be sitting on a bench gathering dust...
shouldnt we suggest that DOJ halts shipments of win2k and so forth because Microsoft is bundling all sorts of other technologies into the OS ? things like COM+/MTS which is anti-competive tactics in the application server industry. things like IIS which is anti-compete in the web server field, etc?
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and this story describes how they arrived at the sound...
ahh the wonders of leeds' search engine...
this is the government stepping in to protect our smaller companies. yes you could see it as a bad precedent of government interference, but thats what our government is suppsed to do. thats why we have a the FTC.
if you look at how microsoft in the last few years does their business, they have NO qualms about making their way the ONLY way. its only in the last 18 months that they're realizing they overstepped their bounds, what with the backlash over the win2k ClientAccessLicensing model and things like that.
microsoft needs to learn humility. squishing it into smaller parts isnt the answer. im' not sure what is, but i do like the suggestion about forcing them to release all their source code.
i recall reading that IBM has an email solution for companies who are running Exchange servers. you can keep the Exchange servers, and use (i'm guessing) Lotus email to access the Exchange servers.
will it have the same susceptability to virii? perhaps, perhaps not. is it a viable option? probalby for those companies who dont want to get stuck in the new Microsoft Client Access Licensing prices and want a migration plan instead of a revolution.
if you're living in one of the 19 states, write to your state represenatives and do the same.
why? well, the US govt is supposed to work this way. our wonderful politicians will listen to the largest voices, and voters have that. especially if we're clear and concise. and i think /. has enough voices, some of them even rather reasonable and eloquent.
but i'd much rather spend $70 on a TINI than $300 on the uCLinux DIMM... especially when you know 3 weeks later its gonna be sitting on a bench gathering dust...
how about smalltalk. for teaching, it enforces Object Oriented methodology.
shouldnt we suggest that DOJ halts shipments of win2k and so forth because Microsoft is bundling all sorts of other technologies into the OS ? things like COM+/MTS which is anti-competive tactics in the application server industry. things like IIS which is anti-compete in the web server field, etc?