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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DiViT who wrote (67091)4/11/2002 3:11:57 PM
From: Dave  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
No DiViT, an effective remedy will prevent Microsoft from countering with the expected and obvious defense: deliberately redesigning Office to be incompatible with the latest Linux.

Absent such an effective remedy, Microsoft will do this, as they always do when fighting their never-ending crusade against cross-platform compatibility, by adding new Office features that don't work on Linux. Then Linux will be modified to work with the latest Office, then Office will break itself on the new Linux, then Linux will be modified, ad infinitum.

There is no way to argue that the net effect of this struggle against compatibility somehow benefits consumers. In fact, an Office-compatible Linux strongly supports the case that Microsoft's fight against innovation and free markets MUST be curtailed.

Dave



To: DiViT who wrote (67091)4/11/2002 4:47:05 PM
From: dybdahl  Respond to of 74651
 
I don't want to get too much into U.S. law, but there is no doubt, that Microsoft faces much tougher competition today than 5 years ago.

Dybdahl.


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