From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 21 05:35:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA29230 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 05:35:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA29181; Thu, 21 May 1998 05:35:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmb) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199805211235.FAA29181@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... In-Reply-To: from Ben Cohen at "May 20, 98 11:38:17 pm" To: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 05:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Cc: jbrann@brann.org, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, kline@tera.tera.com, freebsd@atipa.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ben Cohen wrote: > > > > > So what is your suggestion on how should the DOJ treat Microsoft business > > > > > pratice? > > > > I recommend that the DOJ just leave Microsoft the hell alone. > > > [snip a lot about microsoft] > > > > > > the DOJ should strive to break microsoft into two companies: > > > an operating system firm and an applications firm. microsoft > > > uses its os to force applcations upon users. microsoft > > > has stolen apps that it failed to write. some of these > > > have been added to the os product package. > > > > > [SNIP] > > How about forcing MS to release their OS source code? Perhaps under > a licence such as the Berkeley one or, I think more realistically, > something more like GPL. that's a different idea ;) microsoft uses their operating system to dominate the apps market. i would like to see that practice stopped. microsoft redefines what is part of the operating system as desired to gut the profitability of other companies products. while one can argue that stacker really should be part of the operating system, i dont believe one can argue that a web browser could be. web browsers are clearly apps which may be expanded to provide the GUI for the box. microsoft needs to be split to prevent these two anti-competitive practices. jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message