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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy?
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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (28812)11/6/1999 11:26:00 AM
From: PJ Strifas  Read Replies (2) of 42771
 
It should be considered that the OS is now a commodity on a PC much like a Keyboard/mouse or any other device which is necessary for the PC to function.

Publish the source code, the driver interfaces, the low level functionality that Windows provides the PC in terms of managing the hardware that consitutes the system. Allow MSFT the upper layers of the OS - the GUI, the utilities, system monitors etc it has developed for Windows.

Make the APIs and libraries open for ANY company to enter and INNOVATE!

I remember PCTools and a few other companies who had some great utilities and system tools (remember Norton Commander?). Let's see some startup companies create a new workplace on the PC - extend the OS's upper layers.

Windows has done a great thing - it created a unified environment for application development. I applaude the great "side effect" of Gates & Co's drive to obliterate everyone in their sights. This was never intended (IMHO) as the prime objective of the Redmond Gang but I'll take it.

Now that they have proved it to be a necessary component - it should be opened to the world. This is where the ruling will have "teeth". They can't OWN the "bottleneck" (which in this case is the OS) to over 100 million computers and do as they please.

MSFT can stay a monopoly for all I care - just please someone watch over them to play by the rules created for monopolies. This is all I ask - if opening the source code is one way to do this - then so be it.

Either way, this is a great day for Caldera :) They may win the "bigger" lawsuit IMHO.

Peter J Strifas
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