Shuttleworth - what Microsoft is doing is "racketeering" ....

[Mike Kallies]

On 6/10/07, Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
...
> Bottom line, before the government goes after MS there
> is going to have to be a fair bit of political will,
> which at the moment doesn't seem to be there.
...

That's where I think things get tricky.  From a political standpoint,
a politician has to stand up and say "This large U.S. employer has a
monopoly and they're abusing it to lock-out competition!"

Then they have to have an answer for the obvious response:  "Why would
we want to damage a U.S. monopoly?"

Maybe the whole thing will change when MS outsources everything, and
the residents of Redmond keep getting bullied by their former employer
from overseas.

-Mike
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