"Rjack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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With the advent of the Obama administration, it is generally
expected that the Justice Department and the FTC will become much
more aggressive in antitrust enforcement matters.
With Microsoft's OS share hovering around 90%,
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8
how can Microsoft best subtly assist OSX and Linux in order to
avert antitrust prosecutions under the new administration that will
resemble those in the EU?
I think that the Obama administration is more likely to consider the adverse
effect of such silly prosecution on the overall economy. Consider that
Microsoft is a large company that generates more than 60B worth of revenue
per year. Why would the Obama administration try to hold them in check?
Why would they favor replacing that 60B company with a collection of open
sourcerers who rely on trade in kind and are adverse to such levels of
profits? Would destroying Microsoft help the economy? I don't think so and
I doubt that Obama's advisors are going to recommend that course of action.
Microsoft has absorbed the EU fines with ease since their prices in the EU
are significantly higher than elsewhere in the world. They will stay in the
EU as long as it is profitable to do so and so far it has been.
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