On Wednesday 14 March 2007 18:51, M Harris wrote:
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 18:03, Randall R Schulz wrote: ...
Because Windows will continue to be a predominant OS for a very long time, I think computing professionals should pressure Windows to get its technological act together (especially regarding security). And institutional and government users, not to mention law-enforcement agencies, should be pressuring (or litigating) Microsoft to do business in a more honorable fashion.
Hog wash... I read every day about one or two more corporations or governments dropping windoze for linux desktop... every day. Folks are just fed up, period. Fixta took five years, millions of people, and billions of dollars--- and its crappy eye candy with all the same old problems that have always plagued it... except that it required MORE memory, MORE CPU, and MORE money... folks are sick and tired of the M$ tax... or should I say FUD money.
Then if MS is competing fairly in the marketplace of ideas within the constraints of limited hardware and software purchasing resources (money, i.e.), then the better player will win. But if MS exerts unjust force, outside proper market mechanisms, then they can continue to (appear to) succeed with an inferior and / or overpriced offering. That's why they must, if necessary, be forced legally to abide by proper competitive practices and not use their existing monopoly to strong-arm hardware vendors and large, institutional purchasers into choosing MS products when those purchasers would be better served by choosing an alternative.
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