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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Paul Ma who wrote (108379)4/28/2000 8:03:00 PM
From: Goutam  Read Replies (3) of 1571063
 
Paul Ma,

< Also Standard Oil was dissolved because of vertical integration where it controlled not just one market, but one sector. >

Well... software also has several different areas similar to the sectors you referred to, where MS is a dominating force.

< Microsoft on the other hand does not gouge consumers on prices. >

I believe MS is already gouging the consumers. Their OS prices haven't come down even though the number of pcs sold in the world has been steadily going up.

< Yet it is because of Netscape who screams that bad Microsoft made IE and bundled it with windows that now there is an antitrust trial.>

It's not just making IE - there is more behind it. What exactly was the reason that MS decided to give it away for free? Do you think it was because they were philanthropic? Why is MS so anxious of becoming the sole supplier of Internet browser software rather than concentrating on providing a bug free OS to its consumers?


I don't have a choice but to use MS windows OS. Why am I forced to pay for the IE that I don't use. Well, MS says it's free - is it really? I think, if you are an IE user, a fraction of the amount I paid for the windows OS has gone into subsidizing IE users like you, so you can get it for free.

< It is just unacceptable to me to think that the government will actually restrict what type of programs Microsoft can integrate into Windows. It's their product and they can do whatever they want with it.>

I think government should restrict what products they can integrate with their OS. You have to view the OS just as the electric lines that carry power to your house. Would you allow the electric company force you to use only their brand of appliances. If they are allowed to do it, they can do it you know, without giving any chance to the competition just because they own the power lines.

I don't see any thing wrong in splitting up Microsoft. It's not a punishment - it's just a way to make them conduct their successful business in a different way. No body is going to lose any thing in the long run except for the short term dip in their stock price.

Goutama
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