Microsoft's bundling of IE meant it wasn't a free market. It's the same as how here, in ontario, my house comes hooked up to the local wing of the government hy

Microsoft's bundling of IE meant it wasn't a free market. It's the same as how here, in ontario, my house comes hooked up to the local wing of the government hydro company who control my electricity, natural gas and water supply. Unless I'm already looking elsewhere, I don't know I have another option. I technically have a free market because I can hook my house up with solar, wind or even tap a river, I can drill a well, or I can hook my house up to an external propane tank . . . however, how is that really a free market? Similarly when I buy a PC and I'm handed it with IE, unless I'm already looking elsewhere, I don't know I have another option. I believe this is why the paid referral campaign worked so well for Firefox, because it was like an independent power company hanging signs around your town, suddenly you're told you have an option.