On Saturday 04 November 2006 17:40, Joe Brandt wrote:
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> I am numb with dismay, I do not know what to think. Historically,
> anyone who partners with Gates and Co gets eaten alive. If / When it
> happens this time, what should we do. Correct me if I am wrong, never
> before has an American company been labled a monopoly and nothing was
> done about it. That is exactly what happened with Microsoft. I
> personally despise Microsoft with every cell of my body and have been
> overjoyes with Novell /Suse cooperation with spreading the word of
> Linux. Betrayed to the n-th degree is what I feel now. This is truly a
> sad day.
Actually, they were found to be guilty of abusing monopoly power in the
desktop OS market, as merely being a monopoly isn't against antitrust laws.
Unfortunately, the Executive Branch's change of power resulted in the case
essentially being dropped.
--Jason Boxman http://edseek.com/ - Linux and FOSS stuff
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