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bishop wrote:
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> 
> Very true, but as I recall, the DOJ is also citing other examples of
> MS's monopolising practices. I'm not sure what examples they are using
> though.
> 

Ok, how about these examples....

Other than IBM try to buy a laptop WITHOUT a copy of Win95 or
WinNT on it.

Goto Dell and try to buy a PeeCee with no OS and watch them charge
you to take off the OS <really, that's the case, call them and see>.

What you have is a company that dictates to you how you're going to
buy a product... and they're tieing the sale of one item (a PC)
to the sale of another (The OS).  IBM got in big trouble when they
were under the same type of scrutiny by tieing the sale of computers
with the sale of a service contract. 

Then there's the whole Xenophobic mentality by MS --- if it
wasn't born in Redmond it needs to be squashed completely.....


Example 1:

Java --- MS has tried to splinter it off so that they have an
incompatible version of Java that they can control.


Example 2:
Why use DNS when MS can tie people to WINS???


Example 3:
MS doesn't like the fact that Novell could go out and develop
a centralized authentication scheme NDS --- so MS preannounced
technology that they hadn't even begun developing just to stop
Novell from leading the market....  I'm talking about Active
Directory here.

Example 4:
Instead of using existing standards for file sharing (ie NFS)
they developed SMB.

Example 5:
Predatory pricing against their competitors...  They used their profits
from other areas to fund the give away of IIS in an attempt to gain
control of the HTTP Server market.

That should be enough of examples of MSs monopolistic practices for
now.




> >Monopoly laws are made for one reason only, and that is to protect the
> >market. If we get a monopoly that industry here in the US is tied to it,
> >and so everyone in it starts to do what it does. Which leaves us
> >vulernable to foreign companies. And when they come up with an idea that
> >eats MS's lunch the entire US industry would be hosed. Will this happen??
> >I dunno, but it ain't healthy. And this is why the DOJ is stepping in.
> >
> >I personally would like to be able to just buy a PC and not be forced to
> >put a MS-OS on it. Why should I pay for a product I don't even use.
> >
> >Jer,
> 
> Hehehe.....Why should consumers pay for a browser that they don't use?

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