[TriLUG] Ford Drops Windows for their Sync System

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:18:09 -0500
Brian Weaver <cmdrclueless at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm a big fan of constructive
> competition; when that occurs the consumer wins. 

In that case, you *really* should hate Microsoft, because from
1991-2005 their core competancy was elimination of constructive
competition by dirty means, and by just plain illegal means.

> 
> >
> > * DR DOS: What could it have become?
> > * Netscape: What could it have become?
> >  
> 
> Unless I'm mistaken that's why we have Firefox now. Google Chrome and
> Opera came in to fight in a space that Microsoft muscled into and won
> for a period of time. How is that different from multiple competing
> open source applications? 

Don't take my word for it, take Judge Jackson's word: The way Microsoft
is different is that they knowingly did illegal product tying.

Thanks,

SteveT

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