He Brad
You are correct, I have similar feelings towards catalyst converter. I will 
check out an essay in that area since that is probably a more mature and 
apparently resolved issue.I am sure many parallels will emerge. Having said 
that, it sounds like we should probably move this to the politics area of the 
or the brlug :-)

take care,

AZ 

On Wednesday 25 February 2009 00:00:38 Brad Bendily wrote:
> I'm sure everyone has read the headlines on this.
> 
http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eu-oblige-microsoft-offer-competitors-browsers/article-179602
> 
> It's not that I like MS or anything, but i don't understand why this is the
> right thing to do.
> This seems similar to the EU telling Ford they should offer other openly
> available engines in their vehicles, instead of
> their own model.
> I guess they do things differently at the EU.
> One of the other arguments I've read about this before is that you don't see
> any programmers who make calculators,
> upset that MS includes a calculator for free in Windows.
> 
> If I have a business that makes a product, why should I let anyone
> (including the government) tell me what I should
> do with or put in my product (other than illegal materials).
> 
> thoughts?
> bb
> -- 
> Have Mercy & Say Yeah
>

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