I see some wierdness here. There is no law against having a monopoly. There are laws against unfairly limiting or hurting competition. I see nothing here that does that. Where does it say that you have an entitlement to run MAC OS X on any hardware you want? And what makes Apple evil because they won't license away their one true advantage in the DRM game. What makes YOU the injured party. Capitalism works largely because you can leverage an advantage for as long as possible. I don't understand the thinking that says you have inherent rights to other peoples work without paying for it simply because it is there. Face it folks, the free exchange of ideas and information does not mean that you get everything for FREE. It simply means that there should be no barriers. And if you think that not having the money to pay for the info is a barrier, then you are wrong. Not having the money is a hurdle, which you are free to get over by working out a way to get the money. Hey work is a way to get over that hurdle, try it some time!
Stop all this whining about evil monopolies (except for Microsoft as they are the only current monopoly to actually be proven to have done wrong) and pay the piper, cause his songs aint free either!
Scott
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I see some wierdness here. There is no law against having a monopoly. There are laws against unfairly limiting or hurting competition. I see nothing here that does that. Where does it say that you have an entitlement to run MAC OS X on any hardware you want? And what makes Apple evil because they won't license away their one true advantage in the DRM game. What makes YOU the injured party. Capitalism works largely because you can leverage an advantage for as long as possible. I don't understand the thinking that says you have inherent rights to other peoples work without paying for it simply because it is there. Face it folks, the free exchange of ideas and information does not mean that you get everything for FREE. It simply means that there should be no barriers. And if you think that not having the money to pay for the info is a barrier, then you are wrong. Not having the money is a hurdle, which you are free to get over by working out a way to get the money. Hey work is a way to get over that hurdle, try it some time! Stop all this whining about evil monopolies (except for Microsoft as they are the only current monopoly to actually be proven to have done wrong) and pay the piper, cause his songs aint free either! Scott