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Technology Stocks : Microsoft - The Evil empire
MSFT 508.82+0.6%Nov 11 3:59 PM EST
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To: Bearded One who wrote (1442)12/15/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: Robert Winchell  Read Replies (1) of 1600
 
Motivation enters the picture. Just like any activity, something which is legal in one context can be illegal in another context. If Microsoft is gluing things together for the express purpose of 'undermining' another company which poses a threat to their monopoly as opposed to, say, enhancing the user experience then they may be breaking the law.

I think Microsoft is gluing things together in an effort to make their product more valuable and attractive to consumers. Does this hurt its competitors? Of course! That's how business works.

I think if they did something for the sole reason of disabling or otherwise crippling another product, well, that's not right. If that's a side effect of an improvement to their own product, I don't think that's illegal.
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