No O/S as a right more than ever

[William Muriithi]

>> Here's some more for you to appreciate:
>> http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf
>
> I said "some".  There is a lot more I don't appreciate.  I was just saying
> they have done some good, although perhaps only in their own interests.
>
Not always at their own interest. May be that was their intent - self
interest, but it have ended up benefiting only consumers.

Their biggest mistake was to be too greedy. When they organized to
push out everybody from the software market, they should have foreseen
the possibility of the defeated vendors using scorched earth policy,
and that is precisely what happened. Granted, this would not have been
possible without Richard Stallman work.

However, I do agree Microsoft have really done us a great favour.
Think about it for a moment, if all those platforms were still around,
IT would be really fragile to date. Millions of incompatible protocol
and what not. And without the other vendors being bitter about
Microsoft, they would not have been receptive to GPL. That would have
meant ease of DRM introduction as most of the code would have been
propriety. I am always grateful of grateful when I think about it.

Regards,

William
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