Gee thanks
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I know I am right.... Only a rich society , that is on top of the "economic" world can "afford" to "go after" it's own national champions...
antitrust law is SO open to interpretation, that the lawyers can "allow" it for some companies and disallow it for others..
The "arbitrairiness" of the whole issue is what get's me, and if SUNW or any other national champion ever comes into a position where it's products are dominant, that could very well be the new "target"
An "american" phenomenon indeed....
Also, a case could be made that Microsoft was on the "downtrend" before this case, with rich profits in it's OS business (and applications), but with everyone moving to an ASP and "thin-client" model, it was becoming like IBM, an aging and less and less dominant giant...
1- Web-applicances, it's a has-been, despite 3 separate efforts. Palm and Psion is the leader..
2- Server-centric computing, SUNW & HP are the leaders and growing. Win 2K is good, but won't take over from fault-tolerant Unix.
3- Internet browser, now a leader, but who cares ? No money in it...
Apart from OS & applications, not a threat to the vibrant computer industry in america, with thin clients, servers and handheld internet devices.
Seems like just a massive waste of time and money, with "psychological" effects that are there but hard to measure on the NasDaq market.
JMO
Take care Dale
Jean |
