Microsoft /The Thoroughbred v. the ol' Nag

[Randall Hofland]

>
> > It doesn't help matters to have a new assistant attorney general in the
> > Justice Department's antitrust division (Charles James) who's
> > understanding of the electronic age can be seen in statements like this:
> >
> > "The one thing that is very clear is that consumers have benefited by
> > there being a common platform,"
> >
> > "If Microsoft were to be broken up, you would see divergence of the
> > common platform and it's unclear that you would have as vigorous a
> > competitive market...,"
>
> So, what will be the "Common Platform"?????????????????????????????
>
> A crash prone proprietary trash heap of code, or a fast sleek new competitor
> with a thoroughbred heritage?

Linux still needs a lot of training but it has the legs and heritage to be the
winner.


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