Yesterday NPR ran a clip of one of the Judges asking why Jackson chose not to go with the 'separate but equal' split. In this plan MS would be split into 2 or 3 companies which all own ALL of the MS source code. Thus we could have immediate competition in all markets where MS dominates currently. Think Standard Oil breakup (which worked) rather than ATT (under which we still suffer from the Baby Bell monopolies).
I just never 'got it'. Why are an OS monopoly and an Office App monopoly better than the OS/Office App monopoly we have now? I want to choose between Stained Glass Windows(tm), Clean Windows(tm), and of course Broken Windows(tm).
When I read print articles I notice ads and return to them later. The problem with web ads is that I must act now or lose my chance. What I would like is a hybrid dynamic/static ad system. The ad itself can be random, but once I've seen it, it should remain each time I return to a specific page. Thus I can remember I saw the ad for FooCorp Widgets on the Slashdot article about Ginger and track it down days, weeks, or months later.
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Yesterday NPR ran a clip of one of the Judges asking why Jackson chose not to go with the 'separate but equal' split. In this plan MS would be split into 2 or 3 companies which all own ALL of the MS source code. Thus we could have immediate competition in all markets where MS dominates currently. Think Standard Oil breakup (which worked) rather than ATT (under which we still suffer from the Baby Bell monopolies).
I just never 'got it'. Why are an OS monopoly and an Office App monopoly better than the OS/Office App monopoly we have now? I want to choose between Stained Glass Windows(tm), Clean Windows(tm), and of course Broken Windows(tm).
When I read print articles I notice ads and return to them later. The problem with web ads is that I must act now or lose my chance. What I would like is a hybrid dynamic/static ad system. The ad itself can be random, but once I've seen it, it should remain each time I return to a specific page. Thus I can remember I saw the ad for FooCorp Widgets on the Slashdot article about Ginger and track it down days, weeks, or months later.