On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 11:09:45AM -0400, Mark J Dulcey wrote:
> Why? Because the browser is an independent application, not part of the 
> operating system. Because Microsoft destroyed the business model of 
> selling browsers (ie, the original Netscape) by bundling theirs with the 
> OS, using their monopoly power over the OS to do so. 
[...]
> Yes, this means that I believe that things that are standard business 
> practice for small companies should be illegal for dominant companies. 
> Market dominance can be used as a weapon to further market dominance, 
> and using the law to curb that is an appropriate role for government and 
> antitrust law. Deal with it.

Well said, and I mostly agree, but consider this:  If Linux suddenly
found itself as the dominant desktop OS, it could be then argued that
Linux destroyed the business model of selling software, period.  Then
what? =8^)  [Remember, Linux vendors' business model is mainly one of
selling support...]

As for the iPad, I can't imagine having a use for one.  I carry at
least one of my laptops just about everywhere I go; and when I choose
not to, I have my droid, which suffices for most things I care about.

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