Those professors probably did not know anything about the real world, and you
keep dumping garbage on this thread.
In the real world, MSFT's OS is not short of competitions. You have IBM OS, Unix on PC, APPLE...etc. It is the consumers' decision , which OS they will like to buy, not the government. If you want to say MSFT has a monopoly, it is a natural one, which means it is the consumers' fault which makes Microsoft's OS a monopoly, because the product is too good.
If Consumers have other choice besides Microsoft's OS, then Microsoft did not have a monopoly. If you like the product, you pay for it, otherwise, you have other choice, will you call this a monopoly ? Do you think Benze Mecede is a monopoly
thinking about the fact that it won't drop the price to sell its cars cheap ? I do not think so. The Microsoft's case is quite different than the standard oil or AT&T ' case,
For the Standard oil 's case, if you do not have the pipe lines, the competitors
similar products did not have any chances to be exposed in certain areas of the market, it is an monopoly for Standard Oil. But , today, with software can be
easily downloaded from the Internet, there is no way for Micrisoft to block its competitors to be exposed to any markets. For AT&T's case, the fact is if the consumers do not like the service from AT&T, the consumers do not have other choices, so, it is a pure monopoly. The fact for MSFT's OS is, if you do not like
the products of Microsoft, you have other choices, so you call this an monopoly.
Just tell me why you did not install UNIX or IBM's or Appl's OS on your computer
, but Window OS from Microsoft ? Did Microsoft force you to do so or because you
like the product ???? I think you can come out the answer if Microsoft has the monopoly on its products. It is just that simple and clear. Everyone on this thread can ask himself the same question, why do you prefer Window than other OS ? Anyone force you to go Window instead of other OS ? If not, then the monopoly did not exist at all !!!!! Not only MSFT should suit the 20 states, but its share holders for
huge legal fees !!!! |
