OT: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Feb 14 00:12:42 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 14:19, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > You're overlooking another thing that Microsoft does: it demands the
> > /exclusive/ right to place its OS on a computer vendor's machine. It's
> > either all-or-nothing with them.
>
> That's no different from what Coca-Cola and Pepsi do. I don't hear
> you screaming about them coercing people.
I don't recall either of those companies being convicted of
anti-trust violations, then after large political contributions
being allowed to continue with business-as-usual.
http://www.theregister.com/2004/01/20/microsoft_gets_green_light/
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Les Miksell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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