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Re: uninstallation





Mitch Stone wrote:

> To put it even more bluntly, we cannot anoint any proprietary system as
> the "standard" and expect to retain our freedom of choice AND an
> unregulated marketplace. Outside of effectively turning Microsoft into a
> public utility, it simply cannot be done. All other scenarios amount to
> consumer suicide. I vote against that, too.
>

Here's where we differ:
I don't expect to retain an unregulated marketplace.  THIS marketplace needs
some kind of regulation.  I'm not flinching from that, and neither, apparently is
the Justice Dept.  Sure it's a long shot.  But so is your consumer boycott.