I think we are living in a free society in US. What it means you have every freedom to develop yourself , as long as it is under the condition that your freedom will not hurt the right of other people to enjoy the same freedom. In a free enterprise world,
there are success and failures, If the failures can't not compete because of free competition , then we should let those which are less competitive go down, and sooner or later there will be more stronger and competitive ones come to the horizon . Government intervention is not the right solution for the
progress of human civilization. Government's intervention only make those less competitive being less competitive. Just look at those nationalized companies in the
communistic China, then you will know what I mean. I do not think it is Microsoft's
fault to own more than 85% of market of a certain product, MSFT did not force the
consumers to buy its products, but it is the consumers' choice, consumers' make their
own decision based on the freedom of choice, and if they do not want MSFT's products, they have additional choice to buy similar products from other companies.
It is not right either to blame other companies' failures on Microsoft's success, I think
APPLE, NSCP, SUNW, IBM alll have their days, and they fialed, their failures were
not caused by MSFT, it is the wrong business decisions made by those high level managers in those companies. Think about this, if AAPL would open up their hardware standard, then there won't be intel based PC hardwares. If SUNW would
drop the UNIX based OS softwares to the level that everyone can afford, then there won't be MSFT today, so those companies were givena fair opportunities , the problem is greediness made them lost the opportunity. So, how can you blame the failures of those companies on MSFT's success ? It is unfair and rediculous !!!!!
As to the first screen thing , I do not see anything wrong with it . If you think it is wrong for MSFT to put its logo on the first screen when the PC is boot, then why do you think it is right for FORD to put its logo on the car you buy from FORD, did you give up your right to have free choice of putting logo on your car ? If we
think this further, then why do you think it is right to let Intel put the logo of
Intel Inside on your computer ? You give up your right of freedom of choice again,
If we go further, then why do you let certain TV program to be played on your TV screen on channel 9? It is your TV, and you should have the right to decide what
programs should be played on your TV, just like you have the right to decide
what picture should be shown on the first screen of your PC. So, if DOJ decide that
MSFT put its logo on the first screen of PC is a misconduct, then we will see many and many lawsues from the consumers to those companies years to come. I will
sue FOR to put its logo on my car, I will sue INTEL to put INTEL INSIDE logo on
my PC .... etc. I will sue ABC to play certain TV program on my TV without my
permission ....etc.
As to the monopoly , let me ask you one question. FORD sell the Twon cars,
even FORD did not monopoly the car market, but it monopolies the market of TOWN
car. Is this against the law ? I have to spent $500 to buy the parts from FORD to
fix the headlight of my TOWN car because FORD's monopoly on the TOWN car market, and I can not get the part from anywhere else. FORD raise the price of the headlight of TOWN car to an unreasonable level because its monopoly of the TOWN
car market. So, should I have a right to sue ? |
