Comment Good for microsoft. Bad for standards. Bad for us. (Score 1) 183
Boy isnt that beautifully uninformed.....
Microsoft is not being prosecuted for being sucessful. It is being prosecuted for being devoid of a soul. Yes corporations should have one of those.
A lot of people say that Microsoft isn't a monopoly in the classic sense. The oil and steel companies controlled the railroads forcing compeditors to take obsene rates.
Its true that microsoft doesn't rely on classic means of transportation like the railroads. It relies on the new electronic means of transportation the internet. By controlling preexisting standards like network protocols and css and creating propietary standards like activeX they are forcing the computer world to live by their terms.
Fortunately Microsoft is finally reaping what it has sowed. Not only by being prosecuted by the feds, but by being mired in their own legasy. Recent news of the W2K problem will be only the tip of the iceberg.
I only hope to see who divorces themselves from Microsoft next.
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Microsoft is not being prosecuted for being sucessful. It is being prosecuted for being devoid of a soul. Yes corporations should have one of those.
A lot of people say that Microsoft isn't a monopoly in the classic sense. The oil and steel companies controlled the railroads forcing compeditors to take obsene rates.
Its true that microsoft doesn't rely on classic means of transportation like the railroads. It relies on the new electronic means of transportation the internet. By controlling preexisting standards like network protocols and css and creating propietary standards like activeX they are forcing the computer world to live by their terms.
Fortunately Microsoft is finally reaping what it has sowed. Not only by being prosecuted by the feds, but by being mired in their own legasy. Recent news of the W2K problem will be only the tip of the iceberg.
I only hope to see who divorces themselves from Microsoft next.
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