Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> High Plains Thumper on Tuesday
>
>> This is but a small snippet of anti-competitive measures
>> by the incumbent. If one does a search on "lindows
>> microsoft robertson", will find a wealth of information.
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/27/microsoft_plays_har
>> dba ll_with_dutch/
>>
>> or http://tinyurl.com/yxhhwy
>>
>> | Microsoft plays hardball with Dutch Lindows resellers
>> | Who you gonna call? Michael Robertson!
>> | By Jan Libbenga
>> | Published Thursday 27th November 2003 12:36 GMT
>>
>> | "It is another example of Microsoft attempting to
>> | eradicate all competition through any means," Robertson
>> | told his resellers. "While they say they invite
>> | competition, behind the scenes they seem willing to take
>> | any actions - including blatant extortion - to squash
>> | competition.' Robertson CC'ed his reaction to a
>> | representative of EU commission investigating MS's
>> | anti-competitive behavior in Europe.
>>
>> IMHO, it was actions like this that lead up to EU
>> judgement against Microsoft.
>
> I thought they had paid to have the name change (i.e. the
> brand crippled). It's a bit like paying competitors to step
> down...
IMHO, money talks. For $20 million (10 million GBP) is a lot
of money for a small start up company. As far as being
crippled, that I can't say, but it seems Linspire is doing
fine AFAIK.
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HPT
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