You mean the way Dell and other PC makers bundle PC repair when they
sell computers.
I get calls from people who have contracts with Dell for free PC
repair. I get the business when they call Dell support and they can't
help them, tell them to reinstall the OS or send it back to Dell and
they will look at it and get the computer back to them in a few weeks.
I can offer my customers I will come out when they call me and fix the
problem right the first time. I don't compete with them with building
computers. They can do it cheaper than I can. I miss that part of the
market but should I sue them to have them increase their prices so I can
compete?
This lawsuit was filed in Europe and not the US because Europe does
micromanage businesses.
Microsoft wasn't the only game in town early in the computer race. I
remember only using Mac's in college and thinking how I would never use
an IBM compatible computer because DOS was so annoying. They received
their market position because customers voluntarily bought their
product. People can choose to use other products, I'm sure their are
people on this list who choose not to use Windows.
I am writing this email on Thunderbird not Outlook because I consider it
a better email client. I was using firefox prior to IE 7 coming out
because I liked tabbed browsing. I still heavily use Firefox as part of
web development because it has better tools for me to debug problems in
web code which I need as someone newer to standards based web design.
My wife programs in Lotus Notes and Cobol not .net I use PHP not .Net
because. I host my websites on Unix servers not Windows 2003 Servers.
Macintosh is the platform of choice for Visual Design professionals and
getting an overall renaissance as a brand recently. All of this without
government intervention.
Microsoft used to be at almost 90% of the browser market they have
dropped to about 77% because of the free choice of users not government
intervention
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=0
Perhaps the opera people should ask why Firefox has earned 16% of the
market while they have 0.65%
Michael Horowitz
Your Computer Consultant
http://yourcomputerconsultant.com
561-394-9079
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I presume it is okay with you then if MS starts up their own PC Support
business? Sorry 'Computer Consultancy'?
Assuming it is, do you mind if they then advertise it heavily, force
users to sign up to it before they can use Windows, undercut other
operators, etc. etc.?
It is precisely because Gov. recognises that it should not regulate
every aspect of normal business operations that it only steps in when a
de-facto monopoly is seen to be abusing its position. Which MS has
already been convicted of, repeatedly.
Mike
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Horowitz
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part
Does anyone really believe government officials have a better
ability to run your business than you do?
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