On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:07, Örn Einar Hansen wrote:
Þann Þriðjudagur 25 janúar 2005 17:21 skrifaði Ken Schneider:
<opinion> If MS can't buy the competing product they add their own to put the competitor out of business (can you say Netscape, first one that comes to mind). </opinion>
<My not so humble opinion> MS is not at fault here, it's the "competing" product that is ... it's only natural that a company like MS tries to bully out the competition. That's what competition is about ... out maneuvering your opponent.
No. It is about being a monopoly and using that to your advantage to undermine the competition and put them out of business. If MS HAD to compete on an even play field they would go out of business. If they want to market a media player let them sell it as a separate product in the stores like everyone else. Hell it would only create another revenue stream would it not! The problem is, their competing product is not as good yet they want to force it on the consumer. And it has been found that MOST people will not install something that is all ready installed on the PC. But now we are getting way OT here. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge