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I agree about the separation of power... but holding someone's past against them isn't fair (and a company is technically a person)

• edw519 18y ago
  "holding someone's past against them isn't fair" Huh? Are you in some kind of time warp or something? No other entity in the tech world has done more to stifle innovation and hold others back in the past 30 years than Microsoft. Their tactics are well known by those who bother to keep abreast of such things. They have consistently violated every known concept of fair and legal business practice. They have built and protected what should be an illegal monopoly with loss leading pricing, backroom deals, blackmail, cheating, stealing IP, and hostage taking in the enterprise. Since they can't compete with quality products, they have always responded to competitive threats with armies of lawyers and lobbyists to change laws, change verdicts, or simply overwhelm others with mountains of legal briefs in order to "wait them out". Not fair? Anyone competing against Microsoft without being aware of their past is an either a pollyanna or an idiot. Either way, they'll lose.
  • allenbrunson 18y ago
    preach it, brother. after watching microsoft bully their way through the tech world for years, i'd finally had enough around 1998 or so. my first stop was beos, where i stayed for a couple of years, until be went out of business. i've been a mac user since then.
• helveticaman 18y ago
  I agree with edw159. A past is the only thing one can hold against someone else. A damaged reputation is one of the prices for being evil. Grudges have a basis.