The market is divided into multiple OSs

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Larry J — 9/10/2001 4:08:15 PM (archived)

it's just that most people choose to buy Microsoft's operating systems. You can get a good operating system from Apple (OS X), Sun (Solaris), Compaq (Tru64 Unix), IBM (AIX or AS/400), many flavors of Linux, and so on. If Microsoft has built a product that more people want to use, is that grounds for legal harassment and punishment? You can download Linux for free or buy a distribution for a nominal cost. It's a damned good OS and getting better all the time. Still, most people choose not to use it instead of Microsoft's products.

You're claims of "unfair" prices are absurd. What's unfair about charging the same price today that they charged in 1995 for a much better product? You're living proof of why command economies are doomed to failure - government bureaucrats setting prices based on politics rather than what it actually costs to produce a product. For the record, what price do you consider "fair" for a product like XP and what do you base that upon?

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Government takes gun out of Microsoft's mouth - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 4:11:33 PM
- A larger problem for MS - FrankC - 9/7/2001 3:31:50 PM
  - Re: A larger problem for MS - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 5:14:24 PM
    - Certainly - FrankC - 9/7/2001 3:12:53 PM
- Coincidence - Gary - 9/6/2001 5:05:39 PM
  - Not really - Larry J - 9/7/2001 1:44:32 PM
    - Microsoft almost missed the boat - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 3:19:49 PM
      - Microsoft has screwed up many times - Larry J - 9/7/2001 4:18:52 PM
        
        Re: Microsoft has screwed up many times - phil - 9/7/2001 4:33:36 PM
        
        Not true - Larry J - 9/7/2001 5:06:02 PM
        
        I stand corrected (n/t) (n/t) - phil - 9/8/2001 5:19:27 PM
  - Thanks Gary - Buck Galaxy - 9/6/2001 6:10:23 PM
    - Re: Thanks Gary - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 6:50:12 PM
      - Re: Thanks Gary - Buck Galaxy - 9/7/2001 4:02:55 PM
        
        Just goes to show - Larry J - 9/7/2001 4:58:17 PM
        
        Jerry Pournelle write good sci fi - Buck Galaxy - 9/8/2001 6:51:09 PM
        
        How can you claim to understand economics, Buck... - Larry J - 9/9/2001 9:29:03 AM
        
        Re: How can you claim to understand economics, Buck... - Buck Galaxy - 9/10/2001 2:31:57 PM
        
        The market is divided into multiple OSs - Larry J - 9/10/2001 4:08:15 PM
        
        Re: Just goes to show - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2001 6:28:16 PM
- Re: DOJ - Raoul - 9/6/2001 4:31:52 PM
  - The Department of Justice is in the Executive Branch, Raoul - Larry J - 9/6/2001 5:03:46 PM
    - Larry hit the nail right on the head. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2001 9:12:10 AM
      - Microsoft plays hardball - Gary - 9/6/2001 5:09:42 PM
    - Executive Branch - Raoul - 9/6/2001 8:08:38 AM

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