Re: Linux vs the alleged MS "monopoly"

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From: Chris Fischer
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 00:00

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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.  There's
no extra cost (unless you count disk space) to run multiple OSs on
a PC.

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

We will all regret the day that we let government regulate software.
Save this statement, and read it back to yourself 10 years from now.


> 
> --
> In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
>  `-_-'   "Heb jij vandaag je wolf al geaaid?"
>   'U`
>          "Tell init(8) to lock-n-load, we're goin' zombie slaying!"

-- 

Chris Fischer                       cfischer@frontiernet.net
Owner, Coda Software, Limited

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