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In article <362F479B.41DF@frontiernet.net>,
Chris Fischer  <cfischer@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>Peter da Silva wrote:
>> In article <362E2B09.22AD@frontiernet.net>,
>> Chris Fischer  <cfischer@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>> >But the reason for Public Service Commissions is because it is stupid to
>> >run 2 sets of phone lines down every street.  It's a natural monopoly.

>> >What reason would there be for them to regulate a software company?

>> "It's stupid to run two operating systems on one computer"?

>No it's not.  I have 2 OS's on this one, 3 on my other PC.

Me too. But I'm stupid. Or a hobbyist.

>> The solution set includes having open APIs or having a regulated monopoly.

>We will all regret the day that we let government regulate software.

It's government regulatin of software that lets Microsoft maintain its
position. The way they've taken the regulations and turned them into
weapons against reverse engineering, cloning, and other methods for
reproducing their proprietary interfaces are worthy of a batallion of
Stallmans.

>Save this statement, and read it back to yourself 10 years from now.

There's three words, embracing two concepts, you're missing:

	"includes"

and

	"open APIs".

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