other competing operating systems??
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:55 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Microsoft Fined 613 Million?!
brobborb wrote:
>
> But let's say my company makes text editors. Can I sue microsoft to
> not have it come with notepad? Or at least include MY "notepad" with
> it, along with thousands of others from different companies.
No.
But if Microsoft amends its contract with for instance Dell and prohibits
Dell from installing your text editor next to notepad, then you can. Because
then Microsoft is using its de facto monopoly in one area (OS) to force
others not to distribute an entirely different product (text editor).
> It can get sillier when u get onto other programs or components, but
> it's the same thing altogether.
Yes, it is the same. And it is not limited to just programs and components,
but this type of anti-monopoly legislation is about every aspect of
conducting transactions. It is also the same when there is only one company
selling tap water, and they will only sell you tap water if you also buy
your electricity from them and not from another company.
> The MP3 people make money off the iPod that apple sells. Now let's
> say that 80 or 90% of the MP3 portable player market is used by the
> ipod. Can we force Apple to have their ipod support other format.
No, because that is not a case where a de facto monopoly in one product is
used to push an entirely different product.
Jochem
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