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Microsoft usual fear-mongering.Microsoft usual fear-mongering.Posted Jun 24, 2005 16:09 UTC (Fri) by jhardin@impsec.org (guest, #15045)In reply to: Microsoft usual fear-mongering. by man_ls Parent article: Microsoft Puts Roadblock in Front of Open-Sourcing Avalon and Indigo (eWeek)
> ... what Microsoft is doing is probably illegal, definitely immoral and
And, sadly, they have the clout to get away with it.
The ineffective sanctions resulting from the last monopoly conviction showed that MS is too big for the DoJ to punish.
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Microsoft usual fear-mongering. Posted Jun 25, 2005 2:42 UTC (Sat) by musicon (subscriber, #4739) [Link] >The ineffective sanctions resulting from the last monopoly conviction > showed that MS is too big for the DoJ to punish.It has nothing (or very little) to do with MS being "too big" — simply timing. Did you forget about the abrupt about-face the DoJ did almost immediately after the presidential change? If we had less business-friendly politicians, I suspect that MS would by now be much like the Bells back in the 80s.
Microsoft usual fear-mongering. Posted Jun 26, 2005 23:39 UTC (Sun) by njhurst (guest, #6022) [Link] Perhaps MS knew that they just had to wait it out? If that were the case they would use delaying tactics to draw it out until there was a change of government.
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