I wasn't questioning whether the FTC was likely to intervene; I was questioning the implication that government oversight was in principle "not right".
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+...@gmail.com> wrote: > John Abreau wrote: >> Tom Metro wrote: >>> ...it doesn't seem right that some outside force (an >>> FTC lawsuit, for example) should compel Microsoft... >> >> Let's apply this logic to other areas of commerce: >> >> [I]t doesn't seem right that some outside force (a government food safety >> inspector, for example) should compel a restaurant to include in its >> "Food Preparation Requirements" that ingredients are handled in a manner >> that ensures they won't serve food-borne pathogens to their customers. > > I don't see the relevance in the comparison. The example you site is a > matter of public safety and presumably the FDA would be operating within > its authority granted by law. > > In the case of Microsoft and Secure Boot, the situation would need to > pass some thresholds of anti-competitive behavior to be in violation of > the law, and enforceable by FTC action. That's what I am doubting. Not > that a government agency can or should regulate commerce in general. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix PGP KeyID: 32A492D8 / Email: abre...@gmail.com PGP FP: 7834 AEC2 EFA3 565C A4B6 9BA4 0ACB AD85 32A4 92D8 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss