On Tue, 04 Jan 2000, david wrote:
> why cant we get the government to make it law that when a computer product is sold
> that part of the sale is that all data needed to use the product (to its full) in the
> computer ( without any os needed) has to be avail in a readable and accessable form
>.
> this will fix the microsoft's hold on the markit
> this would need a lot of public suport
Please, we need more informed consumers, not bigger, more pervasive government.
The latter minimizes the need for the former. What would happen if enough
people start suggesting that mfgs who produce "win" this or that are
participitating in the already legally defined MS monopoly? Paul
