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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] Did it ever occur to anyone that the reason Microsoft supposedly has a monopoly (they don't, as you DO have a choice) is that they actually have what most people want? If you want compatability, you get a Windows machine. If you want stabitity and ease of use, you get a Mac. If you want to run a server, I gather that you'd get Linux or similar. Really, would you prefer to walk into a store and go up to a display computer, only to discover that there's no OS? How many everyday people know how to install an OS? Microsoft never forced anyone to do anything. It's Bill's product, and he can sell it on whatever terms he likes. If he says "the CEO of any company I do business with can't wear pants for the rest of the year if they want to buy Windows," that's his call. No one HAS to do business with him. Again, it's his property, and he can do whatever he darned well pleases with it. And before anyone asks what computer makers like Dell are supposed to do if MS won't sell Windows to them, might I suggest writing their own OS? Computer companies have put _themselves_ in a position of dependancy on MS. With those kinds of resources at their disposal, how hard could it be? Or even better: get in contact with Apple and offer to port their OS. Think of how many computers you would sell with the ease of use and stability of OS9, and the compatibility of Windows. With that, you could drive Microsoft out of business, or at the least force them to make a stable OS. The companies have choices. They chose poorly. "How dare they try and enforce their laws!" Sol, do you have any idea what constitutes a monopoly, specifically? Well, don't worry. Nobody else does, either. You're a monopoly when the government decides you are, and there's no way to avoid it, since you can't know that you've broken the law until you've been convicted of it. It's a vague law that gives no basis for future reference, and yet another one that has no constitutional basis. The government was never given any authority to regulate the economy, except interstate commerce, and therefore CAN NOT DO SO. Therefore, what you say with irony, I say with conviction: how dare they try to enforce this law! And if you want some monopolies, look at the ones that the government sanctions, and even enforces. Public education comes to mind. Social security. Even television and radio. As things stand, Congress could (and has tried, to some degree, and succeeded, to a lesser one) pass a law stating what can and can not be said on the air. The FCA doesn't like you, and boom, you don't have a broadcast licence any more. And again I ask, if Microsoft's distruction is supposed to help the industry, why is it going down the tubes? Doesn't seem to be a very useful process, does it? And where's the public outcry against MS? Microsoft's got a better public approval rating than any politician since Washington. And Clinton will be blamed because it's his (obstruction of) justice department that's doing this. Besides, when the economy goes bad, it's remembered as the president's fault. "The goverment has a responsibility to protect businesses from unlawful practices." But the government has not the authority to make a business practice unlawful. Look through the constitution some time, nx. Read the tenth ammendment. "It unfairly used its powers to threaten other businesses" Now who else would that sentence describe besides Microsoft. I'll give you all a hint: Smith and Wesson. When Microsoft, who has no actual power to force anyone to do anything, applies pressure to get something it wants, it's suddenly eeevil. But when the US government, who CAN force someone to do what they want, tries to destroy entire legal industries, no one complains. Am I the only one that finds this a _little_ disturbing? And Frank, I may not like Microsoft, but I like the illegal aspects of the US government even less. Lesser of two evils. But not by much. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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