on 10/26/01 10:03 AM, michael at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> But that basically turns it into MS providing Windows as a "charity" to the >> industry so other companies can compete on it. > Huh??
That would put MS in the position of providing Windows just so the industry can keep going. >> Why should they do that? Why >> does MS have the burden of maintaining and developing an OS, just so other >> companies can come along and compete with them, sans that heavy burden? If > Have you ever met anyone who had their life's work bought out for pittance or > worse stolen by microsoft in their process of 'developing' the Windows OS?? > Their lack of ethics is the stuff legends are made from! Ethics is one thing, legality is another. I've stated several times in this thread I don't like MS at all. Just because I don't like them doesn't mean I automatically find them guilty. >> MS is in the position of providing the very OS these companies need to >> create their products, why shouldn't they be given some incentive? > > You give them your incentive. I'd rather give mine to the open source > community- a much more diverse and creative group of people who puke at the > thought of toeing the 'party line'.. I do the same. I do run Linux you know :) This is a perfect example of people letting their emotions get in front of their logic when trying to decide if MS did anything wrong. > Then why do we have antitrust laws in the US? To take down monopolies that are anti-competitive. Monopolies are not always illegal. If you live in the US, there's a very good chance your phone, gas and electric companies are all monopolies. > Monopolies are inherently > anti-American and anti-capitalist in that they eliminate competition to > produce better products... Sometimes. Not always. As I've said, monopolies are not automatically illegal. Some of what MS does is illegal as far as monopolistic practices. But some of it is not. Everyone wants to lump *all* of it as being illegal. That's all I'm saying. Matt _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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