____/ Rick on Thursday 06 March 2008 19:03 : \____
> Robin T Cox wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:08:37 -0800, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> The deal, which was announced last April, has been delayed mainly
>>> because of protests by Microsoft that Google would gain monopoly power
>>> in the online advertising business.
>>
>> That's rich, when MS has monopoly power in the pre-installed computer
>> hardware business.
>>
>> MS are clearly rattled, and they know that the EU are on their case.
>
> The US should be on their case as well. MS will try to use its desktop
> monopoly power to gain control of the search engine/advertising business.
>
> Of course, if the local MS apologists were right, and MS DID put out
> quality products, and IF quality was the major facto in the marketplace,
> Microsoft wouldn't to try to buy Yahoo.
Expect many more fines in years to come. Microsoft will aggressively use its
desktop monopoly to fight the online world. It already does some of this in
IE8.
The weaker Microsoft becomes (financially also), the more aggressive it'll
become. At the same time, it fears the fines (watch Ballmer earlier this
week), which make it even weaker. It's stuck in a criminal/rehab dilemma.
Microsoft won't die, but it's the next IBM (in a bad sense). Google might be
the next Microsoft and there's little or no reason to be a fan of Google or
Sony or IBM or Sun if you like Free software and Linux. For the time being,
however, they help in weakening the multi-times convicted monopolist. And
that's good for everyone.
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