You are failing to distinguish between 'market leader' and 'only game in
town'.
It is illegal because individual corporations can determine the path for
a wide range of markets in this position.
Imagine if M$ released an update that breaks Real Media, Quicktime, etc.
and forces used to use Windows Media. Content providers would be forced
to use WMA as well, and Real Media and Quicktime would go away quickly
(maybe Quicktime would linger until Microsoft releases a WMA player for
Apple). This situation gives Microsoft the option to begin charging for
it's media encoder, to put in a feature that makes WMA pay per view, to
do all sorts of things that could eventually shut down the market for
online video altogether.
It seems a little unfair that, just because someone has a lock on the OS
market for the time being, they should be able to determine the fate of
all other markets.
M
-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:06 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Microsoft Fined 613 Million?!
> > But let's say my company makes text editors. Can I sue
> 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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