Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 13:44:45 10/27/01
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On October 27, 2001 at 10:26:27, Albert Silver wrote: >I think there's more to it than that. The monopoly concerns are very >justified. >Windows OSs are indispensable essentially and as such a large number of >diverse >software makers have developed software for it. However, how and why an OS >should have movie editors, MP3-type player/editors, and other non-OS software >is >unfair competition. People have little choice but to go for the OS, and as Bundling more and more software with OSs has been going on forever, and isn't only done by Microsoft. Apple bundles a movie editor and song player with OS X and Mac people all think it's a great move. Linux distributions come with so much software it's unbelievable. What do you think about the clock that Windows displays in the bottom right? You used to have to buy an extra program to do that on the Mac. What do you think of the screen savers that Windows comes with? Screen savers used to be a fairly big business. What about the TCP/IP software that lets you connect to the Internet? That used to be a separate product, too. You needed an extra program to display a picture on your desktop instead of a lame pattern, and an extra program to display vector fonts. You needed an extra program to display any kind of file at all; a gif viewer, a different jpeg viewer, a program to play sounds (not even MP3s...). I don't know about you, but I'm kind of glad that I don't have to assemble that entire collection of software myself anymore. I don't mind considering it a part of my operating system. -Tom
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