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Pastimes : Microsoft is Not the Enemy -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: c.horn who wrote (31)	11/20/2001 7:45:49 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35

maybe MSFT had a mole working on the inside to make sure that the deal came out benefiting them. Free market would eventually take care of any issues. The government involvement was a big waste of our tax dollars. IMO

To: c.horn who wrote (31)	11/20/2001 9:06:08 PM
From: David Miller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35

I'm glad you find it amusing. Anything to stand out in a crowd, I guess. The charge was using their monopoly of their market to disadvantage would-be competitors. One aspect of this was giving away a browser with their Windows monopoly. Other behaviors that were frowned upon included strong-arming OEMs to pay them royalties whether they included Microsoft product on their machines or not - the precise opposite of "giving product away". And no, I don't find the government's appeasement of Microsoft ironic. I find it spineless, pathetic and irresponsible. There's an excuse for blindness, but not for stupidity.