Argh!
OK, one more go...
>
> If a corporation breaks a law.. what would you like to see happen... going
> for an extreme here... if microsoft hires an assasan to kill Linus.. what
> should happen?
Actually, corporations are not protected if someone within them commits
murder. However, I think the point is that corporations should be held to
the same standards as individuals.
>
>
> Well obviously nothing has happened yet.. but lets say something along the
> lines of code verification happens (ie. before microsoft releases
> something it has to go before a government approved board that makes sure
> what they are releasing isn't "anti-compeditive") it could slow down
> releases of patches that might be nessary immedatly.. which are released
> slow enough as it is...
This could not happen. Code, in and of itself, is not anti-competitive.
However, preventing another company's code from reaching market would be.
Do you understand the concept? No ruling against Microsoft, no matter how
severe, would prevent them from bringing any product to market. It would
not prevent them from doing something innovative. It would prevent them
from bundling unrelated products and refusing to license their products to
hardware manufacturers who chose to license competing products.
>
> If your going to apply a business ruling to a technology company your
> going to end up ruling against the technology as well..
How is this so? Be specific, because I think this is an awfully large leap.
> even if it's
> something like splitting up the company.. since at this point application,
> internet, and OS APIs in Microsoft are so ingrained into the OS.. I don't
> see how the split is going to help anything.. if they are split they will
> still be working as one.. only this time microsoft will have more heads...
Why couldn't you split productivity applications (like Office, Money, et
al.) from operating systems? This would mimic what was done in the AT&T
case. They are clearly distinct and separate products
-Caity
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