Comments on: Windows of the Future – More or Less? http://www.randomprocess.ca/2009/01/25/windows-of-the-future-more-or-less/ NOT just another WordPress weblog. What were they thinking when they came up with that tagline anyways? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Richard http://www.randomprocess.ca/2009/01/25/windows-of-the-future-more-or-less/#comment-5513 Richard Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:35:12 +0000 http://www.randomprocess.ca/?p=1151#comment-5513 Ever since the initial DOJ investigation against Microsoft, I've been a staunch supporter of Microsoft. If they really wanted to level the playing field and reduce Microsoft's monopoly, they've failed miserably. Microsoft still holds a monopoly by any standard in the OS market. And how do their rulings help competition thrive? Why don't they let capitalism thrive - may the best man / web browser / media player win? I don't use IE for my browser even though it's bundled and I use Zune as my media player even though it's NOT bundled. The best software will ultimately win as long as it provides the necessary services that the user base requires - which may mean IE for grandma since she just needs to check her e-mail. And after all's said and done - why doesn't Opera (or Netscape) make it's own operating system? Ever since the initial DOJ investigation against Microsoft, I’ve been a staunch supporter of Microsoft. If they really wanted to level the playing field and reduce Microsoft’s monopoly, they’ve failed miserably. Microsoft still holds a monopoly by any standard in the OS market. And how do their rulings help competition thrive? Why don’t they let capitalism thrive – may the best man / web browser / media player win? I don’t use IE for my browser even though it’s bundled and I use Zune as my media player even though it’s NOT bundled. The best software will ultimately win as long as it provides the necessary services that the user base requires – which may mean IE for grandma since she just needs to check her e-mail.

And after all’s said and done – why doesn’t Opera (or Netscape) make it’s own operating system?

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