This is an article someone on Kuro5hin.org wrote. It gets a little too
into the OSS advocacy at times to be considered truely objective, but
some of what the author says merits consideration.
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"Microsoft wants us to believe that Internet Explorer and Windows Media
Player are tied so deeply in the OS that they cannot be removed. As
middleware they are good things, but so is DirectX, and Microsoft
doesn't say that can't be removed from the operating system. Windows is
far more modular than Microsoft wants to admit to the court. Microsoft
has grown to the point that they no longer need to compete, and the only
way for them to survive as a company is to stop competing and start
sharing. If something doesn't happen to change Microsoft's behavior, the
backlash against them and other corporate giants will send proprietary
software and countless tech jobs into obsolescence."
[Continued in article]
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/5/2/16523/44266
--MonMotha
