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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 479.20+0.2%Jan 9 9:30 AM EST
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To: Gottfried who wrote (60742)8/19/2001 10:33:24 PM
From: Dave  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
Maybe many consumers wouldn't want to buy and install each software component separately, but why should the software selection for each computer be up to Microsoft just because it has monopoly power with the operating system? Shouldn't Dell and Compaq and HP and all of the other competing box makers be allowed to select which software applications and tools are bundled in their computers? Microsoft should have to sell their bundled software separately, and charge a fair price for each component. Then there would be a level playing field for the application software market.

I bet MOST people like the bundled software from Microsoft. It saves them from having to make tough decisions and saves time.

Yes, you've made my point for me. Thank you. The primary reason a consumer would prefer Microsoft's bundled software is because it is bundled. But if Microsoft were forced to stop using its monopoly power to control the market for bundled application software, that advantage would disappear (and Microsoft would have to resort to intentionally breaking competitors' software like they have done with the QuickTime plugin in the latest Internet Explorer update, but that's an issue for another antitrust trial).

Dave
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