RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[Nick Arnett]

> Behalf Of John D. Giorgis

[snip]

> Name one person who was forced to buy a Microsoft product.
>
> In other words, name one person who paid more for a Microsoft product than
> what that Microsoft product was worth to them.
>
> You see, even Microsoft, one of the most anti-competitive corporations out
> there, even they were still forced to follow *dictates* from the public.

That's a terribly disingenuous argument, John.  If I held a gun to you head
and demanded $1 million for your life and you paid it, that prove that your
life is worth $1 million.  The cost-benefit analysis says nothing about
whether or not the action itself is lawful or ethical.  Microsoft has been
found guilt of unlawful activities with regard to Windows, remember.

Nick