| > It is ignorant of reality So, it's commonplace but no case histories. Microsoft - not a VC funded company.
NFL - government sanctioned monopoly, also not a VC funded company Now, as to OS/2, people say "poor IBM", but IBM was the monopolist boogeyman in the 70's and 80's. BEOS simply wasn't good enough. Apple OS's and Linux did and continue to do quite well. The DOJ went after Microsoft for giving away Explorer for free, which is what every browser maker does now, and has for 20 years. How that's bad for consumers I have no idea. As for Netscape, I switched from Netscape to Explorer because Netscape crashed constantly. That was hardly anti-competitive behavior on Microsoft's part, it was bad engineering on Netscape's. Yes, I know IE crashed too, but nowhere near as often as Netscape. I also give away the Digital Mars C and C++ compilers, the D compiler, and the source code to all of it. Is that anti-competitive too? How about all the other free software I use every day? Should the DOJ go after their creators, too? |
This unpaid and untaxed emotional labor has to stop!
We need rules and regulations for society to work!