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Re: Suggestion for Breaking Microsoft's Monopoly
de Al Klein 05/29/2006 04:47
On 27 May 2006 21:17:12 -0700, "socrtwo" <socrtwo@gmail.com> wrote:
>I still think the government should force them to do it. You
>overestimate the power of the company and underestimate a determined
>just group of judges.
It's not "the company", it's "all companies doing business in the US".
They can't require MS to make its code open source while allowing
everyone else to keep secrets - either business can keep secrets (the
current situation) or it can't - and no business would expose itself
like that. There's no profit in giving your product away.
>As to being dumb, Jesus and Solomon recommended being dumb
All dictators do - even fictional ones like those two.
>It would be a good thing if Windows and Office became public property.
Only someone who couldn't rent a clue for 5 seconds if he had the keys
to Fort Knox would think so.