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Re: Suggestion for Breaking Microsoft's Monopoly
de Steven Burn 05/28/2006 04:23
"socrtwo" <socrtwo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1148770013.327740.197740@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> What does everybody think about breaking Microsoft's monopoly by the
> government requiring Microsoft to make Windows and MS Office open
> source? Or maybe even all it's programs open source?
>
> This would force them to be come a service company and stop raking in
> the oppressive amounts of money.
... and then what?, go after every shareware/commercial developer to do the
same? - or is it just Microsoft you're after here?.
Nobody likes Mr Gates' success, this is no secret. However, to force him to
render his software OS would be a mistake for several major reasons (the
first and primary of which would be accountability). Whom would you have
step into MS's place?
To bring this into perspective, would you have the same done to Richard
Branson?, perhaps force him to reveal his secrets on becoming a
billionaire?. Hand over the Virgin enterprise to people such as yourself?.
Whilst we may not like it (or to be more precise, are extremely jealous of
those with fortunes beyond our own), being selfish and arrogant enough to
want to take that away from them is not a choice we or indeed anyone else,
should have. Everyone is entitled to create their own fortunes - as should
be the case.
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Regards
Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk
Keeping it FREE!