Author: Scott Gasch
Date: 11:33:45 08/08/01
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On August 08, 2001 at 04:52:12, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >It makes a difference if they are a monopoly. Why? First, how can you call MS a monopoly? In my opinion, that's crap. The court has ruled they are a monopoly in the "desktop operating system market". What the hell is that? There are plenty of other OSes out there and the division between "desktop" and "server" is blurred: Linux, FreeBSD, BeOs, Solaris, NetBSD, SCO, OSX, etc... But let's assume you're right. MS is a monopoly. And let's ignore the question of why they are a monopoly (which, in my opinion, is because they have built a product that people like and buy). There are plenty of other monopolies: the post office, the phone/power/water company, the cable company, whatever. There are also a lot of other large companies that control commanding shares of their market. By your logic it is ok to rip these guys off because they are successful. If you dislike a company or their product, why are you using it? Windows 9x crashes every 20 minutes? Here's a clue: use something else. In the case of MS, you do have a choice. Several, in fact. Every user who doesn't send their $100 to Redmond helps erode the so-called "monopoly". Speak with your pocketbook. But don't rob a company whose empire *you helped build* and then justify it by saying they are a monopoly.
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