For what it's worth, here's my Tunney Act comment. Not the best, but I gather that the number of responses is what's important.
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 06:48:46PM -0500, Paul Iadonisi wrote: > I am opposed to the Proposed Final Judgment in the United States v. > Microsoft antitrust case. > > I am a System Administrator who has been employed in the computer > industry for fifteen years. In those fifteen years, I have seen the > results of the illegal monopolistic practices of Microsoft that the company > was found to be guilty of by U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson > on November 5, 1999. > I have seen products discontinued by companies who had difficulty breaching > the high barrier to entry that Microsoft has consistently kept artificially > high. In many cases, the discontinuation of these products harmed the > businesses I was employed by. > I have seen companies who I was employed by place less and less emphasis on > quality and security in their products and instead focus on become partners > with Microsoft to the exclusion of competitive technologies. This has occurred > even in cases where the non-Microsoft technologies were of significantly higher > quality than their Microsoft counterparts. In at least one case, I was > personally harmed by these decisions through a reduction-in-force that was > clearly aimed at those who did not agree with the decision to use Microsoft > technologies. > All of this could not have occurred were it not for Microsoft's illegally > obtained monopoly position. The current Proposed Final Judgment does little > to penalize Microsoft for its behavior and little or nothing to prevent future > abuses. The Proposed Final Judgment in fact codifies Microsoft's behavior > into law. > I strongly urge the court to reject the Proposed Final Judgment currently > in consideration and instead work with the nine states who have refused to > enter into the agreement for their alternate settlement proposal. > Any proposed remedy should have little or no input from Microsoft. The > convicted criminal should never have a say in what punishment he should endure. > I am disappointed that the Department of Justice has capitulated to so > many of Microsoft's demands in the current Proposed Final Judgment and I urge > the court to refuse to accept this agreement. > -- > -Paul Iadonisi > Senior System Administrator > Red Hat Certified Engineer -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior Systems Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
