Comment Re: Microsoft is a State-Sponsored Monopoly (Score 1) 1451
As the original poster to whom you appear to refer I have to point out that I never said anything about the government's purchase of Microsoft software propping up the MS monopoly. What I said was that their failure to act in the public's interest despite the courts ruling them a monopoly is tacit acceptance of Microsoft as a monopoly.
Moreover, most state, local, and Federal agencies choose to purchase Microsoft software for the same reason most of us do; that is, we have little other choice unless we are prepared to deal with the incompatability issues that arise directly from Microsoft's strategy of undermining interoperability.
Moreover, most state, local, and Federal agencies choose to purchase Microsoft software for the same reason most of us do; that is, we have little other choice unless we are prepared to deal with the incompatability issues that arise directly from Microsoft's strategy of undermining interoperability.
