Now I will probally get modded down for this but... I believe that it is a good thing that M$ gives these programs (IM & MPlayer) away for free (bundled) as long as they do not require OEMs to only use there apps. When I buy a PC with MS I expect it to natively support certain functions like web browsing and playing music and videos. I personally do not want to buy additional software to do these things. I look at it as more bang for my hard earned buck. If a competing product is far superior and has features that I want not found in MS version then I will buy/use it. If not why should I want to pay more money on top of what I already payed. As an example M$ has MS Search (pretty crappy) that is free, but I choose to use a far superior product namely Google.
It seems that Mr.blogger could sue in civil court on the grounds that he did not break the code of conduct thus turning the tables on the Administration. The Marquette Ethics Director would be very damaging to the Marquette defense case in this situation given that he is an employee who should be very familiar with the COC and an authority on ethics.
Looks like this student may not need his degree to get rich.
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Not quite, only layer 1 is in the physical realm. All other layers are software.
Now I will probally get modded down for this but... I believe that it is a good thing that M$ gives these programs (IM & MPlayer) away for free (bundled) as long as they do not require OEMs to only use there apps. When I buy a PC with MS I expect it to natively support certain functions like web browsing and playing music and videos. I personally do not want to buy additional software to do these things. I look at it as more bang for my hard earned buck. If a competing product is far superior and has features that I want not found in MS version then I will buy/use it. If not why should I want to pay more money on top of what I already payed. As an example M$ has MS Search (pretty crappy) that is free, but I choose to use a far superior product namely Google.
It seems that Mr.blogger could sue in civil court on the grounds that he did not break the code of conduct thus turning the tables on the Administration. The Marquette Ethics Director would be very damaging to the Marquette defense case in this situation given that he is an employee who should be very familiar with the COC and an authority on ethics. Looks like this student may not need his degree to get rich.