On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
> This, if nothing else, is an indication that Microsoft has real monopoly
> power. You have some companies who, for a variety of reasons, truly want
> to use only Linux ... and they simply can't, because they can't
> effectively communicate with their business partners without MS products.
Indeed. Thus, rather then forcing MS to port Office to Linux, they should
be forced to *document their file formats and APIs*. If their product really
is better then their competition's, as they claim, it won't make a bit of
difference. (I'm not the first person to advocate this.)
Good luck keeping your strangle-hold on the industry if you're forced to play
of a level field, Bill. >:-)
> "There's greed, avarice, and then Microsoft."
Saved.
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