Re:Does business always have to be this way ?
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Dan Gillmor on WinXP
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I don't think the issue is whether or not there is a better OS out there. The major issue here is Microsoft using the power of their existing OS following to get rid of competition in other areas (i.e. Netscape). There are many features that they are building into the OS that are produced by third party vendors. Given the choice, the average user (and I deal a lot of them) is not going to go out and buy a product to perform a function that the OS already does. Microsoft is a monopoly, pure and simple. They have showed no remorse in abusing that position. It's Capitalism at it's finest. I agree that legal involvment is not a good thing, but when you are dealing with a public that for the most part does not understand what the OS is or what it's for, what else can be done?
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I don't think the issue is whether or not there is a better OS out there. The major issue here is Microsoft using the power of their existing OS following to get rid of competition in other areas (i.e. Netscape). There are many features that they are building into the OS that are produced by third party vendors. Given the choice, the average user (and I deal a lot of them) is not going to go out and buy a product to perform a function that the OS already does. Microsoft is a monopoly, pure and simple. They have showed no remorse in abusing that position. It's Capitalism at it's finest. I agree that legal involvment is not a good thing, but when you are dealing with a public that for the most part does not understand what the OS is or what it's for, what else can be done?