> Apple, Microsoft, and others are arguably > simply leveling the playing field and taking away an artificial Android > advantage,
Lower cost is a very REAL avantage. > forcing the OS to compete more fairly. There is nothing unfair about businesses finding ways to sell their products for less. That's called innovation. ----- Original message ----- > Paul Thurrott: > > And I’d also point out that Google licenses Android for free. So by > raising the price of Android by imposing licensing fees on technologies > Android is in fact using, Apple, Microsoft, and others are arguably > simply leveling the playing field and taking away an artificial Android > advantage, forcing the OS to compete more fairly. Arguably, by “dumping” > Android in the market at no cost, Google—which has unlimited cash and > can afford to do such a thing — is behaving in an anticompetitive > fashion. In fact, one could argue that Google is using its dominance in > search advertising to unfairly gain entry into another market by giving > that new product, Android, away for free. Does this remind you of any > famous antitrust case? > > > > -- > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
