The Linux TCO is higher due to higher support costs, especially in tier 2 and 3. The M$ solution spent 52% of labor costs on support, the Linux solution 76%...
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software company, bought a license from SCO in May. Another Fortune 500 company purchased an SCO license, SCO said Monday.
I wonder what their sources about the M$ license are, btw.
I think the key words in your comment are "competitive market". If one company holds a de-facto monopoly, the market is obviously not competitive. Thanks for clarifying my point.
A point of reference: investorwords.com says about competitive:
A situation in which no buyer(s) or seller(s) have the power to affect or manipulate market prices.
c/f MS profit margins on Windows and Office, draw conclusions.
I do disagree, however, with your stated reason for anti-monopoly laws. In the EU case, the issue is that MS, alledgedly a monopoly in the OS and PPA markets, uses bundling and UI bias to extend their monopoly into other areas. This is the kind of behavior that anti-monopoly laws prohibit: misuse of monopoly powers.
OTOH, laws against anticompetitive behavior should address issues like "not allowing any other browser to run". Naturally, these laws should "be the same for everyone".
What do you mean by monopolistic, btw? It does not make any sense to me the way you are using it.
Of course, these actions (UI bias and Bundling) are not illegal in and of themselves. They are criminal only when a de-facto monopoly player does this. Remember, this is not about consumer impact but about monopoly leveraging.
Well, I assure you that the USPS is not the only postal service in the world that have special conditions for presorted mail. My brother worked at CityMail (page in Swedish), who only do presorted mail.
Admittedly, using them for your mailing won't help you reach US voters...
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The Linux TCO is higher due to higher support costs, especially in tier 2 and 3. The M$ solution spent 52% of labor costs on support, the Linux solution 76%...
I guess people have moved on now, but still: Here it is...
The proposal outlaws making permanent copies of copyrighted material which has not been "communicated to the public" by the copyright holder.
Temporary caches are explicitly OK, including the ones on your computer.
So you can listen to "stolen" music, but you mustn't save a permanent copy.
A point of reference: investorwords.com says about competitive:
c/f MS profit margins on Windows and Office, draw conclusions.I do disagree, however, with your stated reason for anti-monopoly laws. In the EU case, the issue is that MS, alledgedly a monopoly in the OS and PPA markets, uses bundling and UI bias to extend their monopoly into other areas. This is the kind of behavior that anti-monopoly laws prohibit: misuse of monopoly powers.
OTOH, laws against anticompetitive behavior should address issues like "not allowing any other browser to run". Naturally, these laws should "be the same for everyone".
What do you mean by monopolistic, btw? It does not make any sense to me the way you are using it.
Of course, these actions (UI bias and Bundling) are not illegal in and of themselves. They are criminal only when a de-facto monopoly player does this. Remember, this is not about consumer impact but about monopoly leveraging.
Well, I assure you that the USPS is not the only postal service in the world that have special conditions for presorted mail. My brother worked at CityMail (page in Swedish), who only do presorted mail.
Admittedly, using them for your mailing won't help you reach US voters...
The one mentioned in the subject?