Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 11:13:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, kline@tera.tera.com, freebsd@atipa.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... Message-ID: <199805201813.LAA16259@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20153.895680408@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "May 20, 98 09:06:48 am"
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Jordan K. Hubbard 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. separating the os from the apps, and verifing that os information was provided to all apps developers would allow competition to exist without microsoft holding veto power. (how many remember disassembling DOS to learn how to print while doing something else at the same time ;) there is no competition in desktop os....as you have said many times, jordan. let the os become the equivalent of the long distance carrier and the apps the equivalent of the local phone companies. the breakup of att is the example here. to address the immediate issue: the DOJ should not allow that monopoly power to be used to create a more favorable enviroment for IE than for netscape. we saw this trick with regard to stacker. jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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