Comments on: Microsoft: more antitrust trouble? http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1676 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1676/comment-page-1#comment-2697 Reader's Write Sat, 19 Jun 2004 09:46:18 +0000 #comment-2697 Let's begin with Microsoft, and are they guilty of being monopolists? The answer of course is no, just because they are the most popular computer operating system in the world does not mean the they are the only game in town. Linux comes to mind, as does Oracle and Sun. Don't you think it's a bit dictatorial when the Chairman of the EU Anti-Competition board can tell what a company can and cannot include in it's products. I Live in Canada and I as a consumer I love the fact that I get a Media player included in my O/S I also love the fact that if I want to I can download Real Player and use it in place of the Microsoft offering. Microsoft has dominance in the industry because they offer a better product, at a better price, and stands behind their product. All this anti-trust crap is being brought on by Microsofts competitors, not by disgruntled consumers, who are in the end, the one's who will suffer. And now the consequences! who in their right mind would invest in anything to do with the EU? I held stocks of companys operating in the EU, no more, gone gone gone. Why would I take the chance of losing thousands of dollars on a company that can't compete or introduce new products because of the draconian business environment that hangs over the EU. This ruling by Mr. Monti better not stand, or the EU will take two giant steps backward into the dark ages. The old adage still stands: " Lead, Follow, or get out of the way" Two College buddies built the most succesful company in the world by listening to their customers, and coming up with solutions to their problems, they did it through hard work, imagination, and the willingness to take the road through uncharted territory. Let’s begin with Microsoft, and are they guilty of being monopolists?
The answer of course is no, just because they are the most popular computer operating system in the world does not mean the they are the only game in town. Linux comes to mind, as does Oracle and Sun. Don’t you think it’s a bit dictatorial when the Chairman of the EU Anti-Competition board can tell what a company can and cannot include in it’s products.
I Live in Canada and I as a consumer I love the fact that I get a Media player included in my O/S I also love the fact that if I want to I can download Real Player and use it in place of the Microsoft offering.

Microsoft has dominance in the industry because they offer a better product, at a better price, and stands behind their product.
All this anti-trust crap is being brought on by Microsofts competitors, not by disgruntled consumers, who are in the end, the one’s who will suffer.

And now the consequences! who in their right mind would invest in anything to do with the EU? I held stocks of companys operating in the EU, no more, gone gone gone.

Why would I take the chance of losing thousands of dollars on a company that can’t compete or introduce new products because of
the draconian business environment that hangs over the EU.

This ruling by Mr. Monti better not stand, or the EU will take two giant steps backward into the dark ages.

The old adage still stands: ” Lead, Follow, or get out of the way”

Two College buddies built the most succesful company in the world
by listening to their customers, and coming up with solutions to their problems, they did it through hard work, imagination, and the willingness to take the road through uncharted territory.

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