From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 12 8:26:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095ED14F94 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:26:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA28247; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:25:25 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991112090314.045a1a30@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:07:00 -0700 To: Jamie Bowden , David Schwartz From: Brett Glass Subject: RE: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit" Cc: angussf@geoapps.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <000001bf2cd1$0f989c70$021d85d1@youwant.to> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 06:24 AM 11/12/1999 -0800, Jamie Bowden wrote: >On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, David Schwartz wrote: > >: >:> So? Most software companies aren't an OS monopoly using that position to >:> force their non OS products down the throats of the world. >: >: Yes, Microsoft is a monpoly in the Alice-in-Wonderland world where Netscape >:Navigator competes with Windows but Macintoshes don't. > >Reread the findings. Netscape does not compete with Windows, Netscape >attempted to compete with IE, This is not what the findings say. Judge Jackson says -- and he's correct -- that Netscape enabled the production of cross-platform software, thus threatening Microsoft's Windows monopoly. >You're high. It doesn't matter if there are other accompanying reasons. >Abuse of power is abuse of power. True. Jackson has also pointed out that Microsoft attempted to manipulate PC manufacturers and their markets by charging them different prices. This is a blatant violation of the Robinson-Patman act and could trigger serious penalties. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message