I respect your opinion keith, and I admit MSFT plays rough, but that is the name of the game. It
should be obvious that NSCP plays rough as well, as evidenced by the governmental lobbying.
No disagreement here (I respect my own opinion). So why are you complaining when NSCP plays its cards, but not when MSFT does?
MSFT offers a better client, at a better price, with better incentives. This has a lot to do with
thier gain in market share.
I would maintain that this has very little to do with their gain in market share, except for the better price part. Part of the problem I have is that, even now when we offer the browser for free so that the price is the same, it still isn't. MSFT gets a free ride onto every PC, while we have to hope that the buyer knows about us and spends the time to download and install it. As for the "incentives", kind of hard to compete with "free" software, and in most cases, the "incentives" are really "threats".
If, by any chance they were doing anything wrong, the best way to level the playing field
would be to create as much competition as possible. This will not be efficiently accomplished by
subsidizing the current market leader.
Who else do you suggest? The only other browser that is really competitive is Opera software. Moreover, I believe that the DOJ did suggest that a third browser also be included. |
