michael wrote:
I have posted a copy of Nathan's Microsoft Monitor, because his was
rejected. Marx said that concentration of capital would make the
transition to socialism easier. The state would have an easier time
taking over the few supermarket chains than the motley collection of
bakeries, vegetable stores and butcher shops that distributed food in
earlier times.
Yet, Microsoft wants to put itself in a position to collect vig [a
gambling term for the share of the pot that the house takes] from
everything that goes on within the net.
What does the Microsoft case tell us about our economy and the possible
transition to a better society?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The OS Solution that seems most appealing is a simple change
in the duration of operating system copyright protection. If
vendors could only protect, say 2 generations, of operating
systems (or other software), then the windows 3 series and DOS
would enter the public domain. There's lots of talent out
there that could create many excellent choices from either platform.
I suspect many of us would like to have a non-crashing OS.
Rich
