M$ anti-trust, settled?
Well the US legal system got it wrong again, first OJ now Microsoft. I know, I know not in the same league with respect to offense committed but still …
I don’t consider myself anti-microsoft, it’s a simple, usable platform anyone can use. Seeing that most people have only in the last few years started using computers a standard is a good thing. Even if that standard crashes once a day, how much work are you really getting done each day anyway? I refuse to put up with failures that generally result from greed (don’t test, sell), Gates greed. So I don’t use the microsoft platform as my computing platform of choice.
Update: 06 - 11 -01
Many aritcles getting printed online about this topic (include my bandwagon jumper), but I think this one stands out.
With that aside, after many years of court arguments M$ was found to be guilty of US anti-trust laws Microsoft’s new remedies seem more like a slap on thier well protected wrists. David Coursey, of ZDNet, had this to say. David Coursey is typically pro-microsoft but lately he’s been a little more even handed in his OS remarks. While he doesn’t wish the extremes that Judge Jackson (the prior udge in the case) ruled for, he not entirely opposed to the present ruling. He does make a great point that the US anti-trust laws are woefully out of date. It is my opinion that District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s ruling was based on the fact she didn’t want to be overruled by a higher court, she paid no attention to the marketpce nor did she want to put a penalty on Microsoft because they broke the law (as proved in court).We can all hope that the EU doesn’t follow the lead of the US courts and that they get it right.
