But Windows got to be the prevalent OS BECAUSE of competition. MS earned it. It wasn't handed to them. Are you saying that in the US, you should be allowed to earn a set amount of money, and everything you make after that, you have to give up? If so, how is that determined, and whose job is it? And, how is punishing a company for being successful a good thing? That sends a message to business owners (such as myself) that says, "You can only be so successful, because after that point, we're taking it away from you".
The problem is not that MS or Intel earned their success, it is that they are using the success they previously earned to keep other people from being able to even demonstrate how successful their producs are. Assuming AMD's claims to be true, Intel has methodically prevented companies from being able to see if AMD's products are better.
I am not saying that "once you make a certain amount of money, you can't make anymore." Quite the contrary, I'm saying once you make a certain amount of money, you have every right to make even more. You just can't take away someone elses right to make that same money. You take away a company's ability to make the money by providing either a better or a cheaper product (or some combination thereof). You take away a company's right to make money by preventing people from purchasing its product
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But Windows got to be the prevalent OS BECAUSE of competition. MS earned it. It wasn't handed to them. Are you saying that in the US, you should be allowed to earn a set amount of money, and everything you make after that, you have to give up? If so, how is that determined, and whose job is it? And, how is punishing a company for being successful a good thing? That sends a message to business owners (such as myself) that says, "You can only be so successful, because after that point, we're taking it away from you".
The problem is not that MS or Intel earned their success, it is that they are using the success they previously earned to keep other people from being able to even demonstrate how successful their producs are. Assuming AMD's claims to be true, Intel has methodically prevented companies from being able to see if AMD's products are better.
I am not saying that "once you make a certain amount of money, you can't make anymore." Quite the contrary, I'm saying once you make a certain amount of money, you have every right to make even more. You just can't take away someone elses right to make that same money. You take away a company's ability to make the money by providing either a better or a cheaper product (or some combination thereof). You take away a company's right to make money by preventing people from purchasing its product