On Wednesday 14 March 2007 23:25, Randall R Schulz wrote:
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. Yes indeed...
... my point was (I clarify) more to your point that M$ "will be the predominate OS for quite some time" is way over-stated. Whatever legal pressure is brought forward IS NOT because M$ will be the *predominate* OS for quite some time... they should be forced to compete *fairly* because it is the right thing to do. Frankly though, I think they met their Waterloo with Fixta... time will tell. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org