> microsoft to
> > not have it come with notepad? Or at least include MY
> "notepad" with
> > it, along with thousands of others from different companies.
>
> No.
>
> But if Microsoft amends its contract with for instance Dell
> and prohibits Dell from installing your text editor next to
> notepad, then you can. Because then Microsoft is using its de
> facto monopoly in one area (OS) to force others not to
> distribute an entirely different product (text editor).
You mean it is using the influence it gained by being a market leader. Why
is this illegal? If you (Dell) don't like it you don't have to do business
with MS. Maybe it means you lose money because your customers want MS. So
what. No one said that standing up for your principals would be easy. You
have to work to inact change.
-r
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