Whatever your views on controlling monopolies are, the fact remains that the US government has not done enough in that department. So as I've said before, it is up to consumers to fight the monopoly. Fight the Microsoft monopoly, use Linux!
Jesse Quoting S�bastien Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No they shouldn't be allowed, just like AT&T wasn't supposed to step > outside the Telco business. They have been shown guilty of > monopolistic practices and they should be forced to tune down, not up!! > > Jesse Kline a �crit: > > Sure they should be allowed to develop networking products. Of course I > wouldn't > > recomend buying any of them :-). The thing that bothers me is that MS made > their > > billions by being a software only company. This is what seperated them from > the > > IBMs and Apples of the day. It now seems that they are trying to get into > the > > hardware market with mice, keyboards, xboxes, networking equipment, etc. > I'm > > just wondering if it will work out for them now. As for what OS they run, > I > > think it would be funny if they ran Linux or BSD, but more likely they will > run > > on some sort of WinCE OS. > > > > Jesse > > > > Quoting Cameron Nikitiuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >>Is it just me or is this just wrong? Should she guys actually be allowed > >>to > >>develop networking products? I can't but wonder if they operate similar > to > >>other networking products (D-Link, Linksys, NetGear) and use a web > >>interface. If that's the case, I know other products tend to use some > sort > >>of Linux derivative for there OS (at least that's the way it is with the > >>big > >>toys - Lucent, Nortel, WatchGuard, etc.). So wouldn't that be > interesting > >>if Microsoft had someone build the products for them, and that > manufacturer > >>used a Linux OS for its base. > >> > >>Just sort of babbling here...but I am finished now. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Cameron Nikitiuk > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
