In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, both a finding of yes, Microsoft had a monopoly and a
finding of no, Microsoft did not have a monopoly would both have been
within the trial court's discretion.
Well, of course, and they said YES (as a finding
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Microsoft was not going to let a business
parasitically use Windows to build a business that touted the advantages of
competing products.
Well, it should have, because that's what manufacturers of
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter T. Breuer wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Microsoft was not going to let a business
parasitically use Windows to build a business that touted the
advantages
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I don't know what drugs you're on, but the McDonald's corporation most
certainly is in the business of the wholesale distribution of burger
patties
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I don't
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That doesn't at all address my point. The point is, there are large
numbers of people
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
. Microsoft said you can sell Windows and other
operating systems, but there will be a charge for every machine you sell
without Windows -- if you want to be able to buy Windows wholesale. Someone
In comp.os.linux.misc Roedy Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
3. Maytag makes the machines. In the computer instance, we at CMP
custom build the computers. Microsoft have no business telling me what
to do when they supplied only one component. I could not even sell a
BARE computer.
I'm a bit
In comp.os.linux.misc Antoon Pardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think you need to look up extortion in a dictionary. I can walk up
to you and say if you want me to mow your lawn, you must pay me $1 every
time you smoke a cigarette. So long as you can say no and all that
happens is that I
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, but that's the if. I have a monopoly on *me* mowing your lawn.
You can, of course, go to someone else to have your lawn mowed.
Of course you can't - why would anyone else be available to mow my lawn
just because I want it
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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[DS, MS shill, said ..]
Essentially, Microsoft asked for exclusive arrangements. That is,
arrangements wherein you could not sell competing products
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1) There is no other operating system worth selling. In this case, you
are right, you have no choice but to sell the Microsoft OS, but the deal
they're offering you harms you in no way. (Unless you intended to sell PCs
with
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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3) there are plenty of other OSs that are developed or could be
developed but which cannot get a foothold or even manage to be put on
the shelves because
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Shouldn't it be my right as a seller, to decide that I want to sell an
operating system 'that nobody wants' _as well as_ operating systems that
'everybody
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Yes, it certainly is. However, it is also Microsoft's right as a
seller
to refuse discounts to those who also sell competing products. You may
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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The first two points are factually wrong, and the third is an opinion
based on the concept, as far as I can see, that Microsoft should be
allowed to do
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Not if they abuse a monopoly position in doing so, which is where we
started.
In other words, what they did was wrong because it was them who did
In comp.os.linux.misc T Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter T. Breuer wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Not if they abuse a monopoly position in doing so, which is where we
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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There would be if an engine manufacturer refused to provide car
manufacturers with ANY engines for any model, unless all buyers were
charged for THEIR engine
In comp.os.linux.misc Richard Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here in comp.os.linux.misc,
John Wingate [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake unto us, saying:
Peter T. Breuer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It seems to me that I was using 3.x. Maybe it was 3.1? I seem to
remember an earlier major
In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting jwenting at hornet dot demon dot nl
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In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting jwenting at hornet dot demon dot nl
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Without Microsoft 90% of us would never have seen
In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting jwenting at hornet dot demon dot nl
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Without Microsoft 90% of us would never have seen a computer more powerful
than a ZX-81 and 90% of the rest of us would never have used only dumb
mainframe terminals.
Uh - when microsoft produced dos 1.0, or
In comp.os.linux.misc John Wingate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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In comp.os.linux.misc Jeroen Wenting jwenting at hornet dot demon dot nl
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Without Microsoft 90% of us would never have seen a computer more powerful
than a ZX-81 and 90% of the rest
In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I guess I wasn't explicit enough. Most people who want cars also want an
engine. Some don't. Dealers could sell cars and engines separately. They
just (generally) don't. There is nothing illegal or immoral about this.
There
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