So, what I would like to know is: why is there no cell phone specifically designed for home use? If the cellphone companies want us to get rid of landlines why have they not designed phones that can actually be used in a home environment? I was a sucker for car phones: much better reception, easier to hold and work with than those tiny cellphones. I want a 'stationary' cellphone for the house with an antenna on the roof for excellent reception so I don't have to use my tiny little cell phone.
Yes, I got the source code to the engine management of my BMW. Wow, now I can hack every Bimmer that is out there. Me superhacker, I will rule the world.
Uh, now, what was I going to do with this? Uh, perhaps soup up my Beetle?
What good is some code without the accompanying systems? No news here, besides that it is a B&E case.
1) Your company (or whatever work environment you are talking about) tells you to use MS
2) You think you have a God and American given right to use 'state of the art' hardware specifically designed to work with Window PCs (kind of like saying: I want that aftermarket piece which was specically designed to work with a Ford to work on my Yugo and if it doesn't --> monopoly)
3) You want to play games released specifically for the MS platform on another platform
4) You ultimately admit that you use MS technology because it helps you get things done.
Good arguments to show that MS is a monopoly...
I think the case against MS is doomed.
You got it all wrong. You were harmed by a bad product that you purchased on your own accord.
That is something very different than being harmed by a product/monopoly because you didn't have any other choice.
You did have a choice, you decided to spend money on a product that you were not satisfied with. Who is stupid?
I find it quite unbelievable how/.'s blame MS for harming consumers.
It is a fact that consumers had the chance to vote with their dollars back then and they do now. As it turns out the consumers chose MS over Macs back then and choose MS crap over all the Linux crap that is out there now.
I find it very sickening to see people discuss the MS case with almost religious fervor only because they do not like the products not because they can actually prove harm done to the consumer.
Let's break up Ford because they produce crappy cars, have a large market share, oh yeah, AND I don't like them! Who cares about the fact that so many people bought the cars, they must have been oppressed into buying because of Ford's evil ways. There is no rhyme or reason to this argument.
What I find more dangerous is the question why Netscape suddenly got such cloud with the DOJ. Everything seems to point in the direction that Netscape and some others (Sun, Oracle) where ehavy money givers on Capitol Hill and got the ear of the DOJ that way. MS was stupid enough not to have representation in Washington back then.
Now THAT is un-American. If MS looses, the real loosers will be others like Oracle and AOL to whom the same arguments apply as they are used against MS right now.
It is the stupid consumers who made the decisions!
Don't be fooled by the 'huge demand'. Cigarettes experienced a huge demand as well but with a lot of money and social engineering you can actually change attitudes and usage.
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So, what I would like to know is: why is there no cell phone specifically designed for home use? If the cellphone companies want us to get rid of landlines why have they not designed phones that can actually be used in a home environment?
I was a sucker for car phones: much better reception, easier to hold and work with than those tiny cellphones.
I want a 'stationary' cellphone for the house with an antenna on the roof for excellent reception so I don't have to use my tiny little cell phone.
or pay $4.95 a month and get a HDTV DVR from Comcast.
Who said you have to spend thousands $ ?
Yes, I got the source code to the engine management of my BMW. Wow, now I can hack every Bimmer that is out there. Me superhacker, I will rule the world. Uh, now, what was I going to do with this? Uh, perhaps soup up my Beetle? What good is some code without the accompanying systems? No news here, besides that it is a B&E case.
1) Your company (or whatever work environment you are talking about) tells you to use MS
2) You think you have a God and American given right to use 'state of the art' hardware specifically designed to work with Window PCs (kind of like saying: I want that aftermarket piece which was specically designed to work with a Ford to work on my Yugo and if it doesn't --> monopoly)
3) You want to play games released specifically for the MS platform on another platform
4) You ultimately admit that you use MS technology because it helps you get things done.
Good arguments to show that MS is a monopoly...
I think the case against MS is doomed.
You got it all wrong. You were harmed by a bad product that you purchased on your own accord. That is something very different than being harmed by a product/monopoly because you didn't have any other choice. You did have a choice, you decided to spend money on a product that you were not satisfied with. Who is stupid?
I find it quite unbelievable how /.'s blame MS for harming consumers.
It is a fact that consumers had the chance to vote with their dollars back then and they do now. As it turns out the consumers chose MS over Macs back then and choose MS crap over all the Linux crap that is out there now.
I find it very sickening to see people discuss the MS case with almost religious fervor only because they do not like the products not because they can actually prove harm done to the consumer.
Let's break up Ford because they produce crappy cars, have a large market share, oh yeah, AND I don't like them! Who cares about the fact that so many people bought the cars, they must have been oppressed into buying because of Ford's evil ways. There is no rhyme or reason to this argument.
What I find more dangerous is the question why Netscape suddenly got such cloud with the DOJ. Everything seems to point in the direction that Netscape and some others (Sun, Oracle) where ehavy money givers on Capitol Hill and got the ear of the DOJ that way. MS was stupid enough not to have representation in Washington back then.
Now THAT is un-American. If MS looses, the real loosers will be others like Oracle and AOL to whom the same arguments apply as they are used against MS right now.
It is the stupid consumers who made the decisions!
Don't be fooled by the 'huge demand'. Cigarettes experienced a huge demand as well but with a lot of money and social engineering you can actually change attitudes and usage.