On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:54 PM, John Gwinner<[email protected]> wrote:
> Personally, I always wondered why Ford can sell cars with 'dealer
> installed' tires (known to be fatally defective at one time), but
> selling a PC with a browser bundled is somehow different.

  Because Ford does not have a monopoly on the automotive market.

  Microsoft got (and gets) in trouble for using its monopoly powers in
ways which violate anti-trust laws.  Not simply for shipping their
browser with their OS, and not simply for being a monopoly, but using
their monopoly to promote their browser.

-- Ben

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