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Chris, > My feeling is that at this time and for some time to come Microsoft has a > tight control on the OS and desktop applications market. So, I think that > associating either of those groups with another area of technology lets the > new product gain acceptance through Microsoft's ability to push it into the > market. Please reiterate. I don't think I understand what you mean. > I don't think that a breakup would introduce some overnight change, so I > would prefer it if the breakup were as effective as possible at giving new > companies a chance to break into the market. But that's the $64K question; how is a breakup going to achieve your objective - which is essentially a dramatic reduction in marketshare for MS' products. > One other thing, and maybe the biggest, it could be that the browser will > grow in its importance in the marketplace as a front end to businesses. MS > thinks so, that is why they have violated anti-trust laws, and then violated > their consent decree, and now want to appeal the findings that they have > violated anti-trust laws, to get their browser to be the one of choice. > > If it does become the defacto front end, then it could be that if it is tied > to either of MS's other companies then this would just grow into another > monopoly problem. It already is the defacto front end. This battle was won long ago. > I'd also like to mention that these companies don't just grow as a result of > money invested in marketing and R&D. Microsoft has made a practice for a > long time of creating a "standard" by using their application and OS > partners to form an "industry group" to support a standard that gives a MS > initiative support. I would like it if MS actually needed to gain real > support by producing a valid open standard and drumming up support the way > other vendors must. I think you're looking for a "fair" playing field. The problem is that capitalism doesn't work that way. John Taylor +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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