Jon, RE: MSFT vs DOJ
The DOJ would have no case against MSFT if MSFT marketed the browser as a separate product.
As I recall this is what got MSFT in trouble with Win95. The DOJ bashed MS claims that IE was not a separate by holding up a box containing IE and then a box containing Win95.
MS wants IE as part of the OS from one reason. They want their OS to be the viewport to the internet. Just as NSCP wants their browser to be the same. Just like Seagate software wants their backup software to be what everyone uses. Just like Oracle wants their database in your enterprise, or Sun wants Java in your toaster, cell phone, car, etc. etc. etc. This is a business decision that the DOJ is making a political issue.
It becomes an issue of innovation that impacts every large corporation in the US. Ma bell was granted a monopoly by the government, and they took it away once the market was developed. MS built their market by free competition, and we the consumer voted with our cash. Now the government wants to step in and change the rules. This is pure bull shit!!! (pardon my language)
Yes, I own a small piece of MS, but my concern is as a business man and citizen.
chris |
