[Gllug] Bringing home the revolution

[Dylan]

On Saturday 19 April 2003 11:38, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> On Apr 19 2003, Adrian wrote:
<SNIP>
> > 2. Does it matter anyway - would a world without MS be a better place or
> > not?
>
> As long as the systems can coexist, I don't see why it is so important
> to people that everybody should use one system or another (why anybody
> _wants_ to use MS Windows is another kettle of fish entirely, but let's
> not go into that). Rather, accept that they are different systems for
> different people and get on with the more important things in life.
>
> The only valid concern, afaics, is if MS should succeed at making
> alternative operating systems to Windows illegal. I don't really see
> that coming (though you can never be too sure about the US ;).

I cannot see corporate customers (especially non-US) accepting a situation 
where they are legally required to buy one company's product/service. Is 
there ANY case where this is already true? I can't think of one. It is simply 
unsustainable in the larger marketplace. Of course, being legally required to 
use a particular service which ultimately leads back to MS is a different 
matter (DRM comes to mind).

Surely their anti-competitive attitude and practises, as well as lack of 
adherence to/respect for standards is a more practical and present concern - 
directly affecting the interoperability of systems.

Dylan
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