CBS Market Watch URL

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At the risk of being labeled 'anti-Microsoft', I submit:

Solid case against Microsoft:  Analysis of the government's evidence
against Bill Gates
By Rex Nutting, CBS MarketWatch
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/19981231/news/current/capitol.htx?source=
blq/yhoo&dist=yhoo

BTW - I use some MSFT products.  However, I would also state that I have
never been satisfied by their performance or reliability.  And, tech
support has always been somewhat of a joke.  I spent over 10 years in IS
trying to find and utilize better alternatives.  Not just because they were
not MSFT, but because they provided better solutions for our business
needs.  This often meant having to fight nontechnical directors and
volunteers for the opportunity to consider product X rather than the MSFT
equivalent.

And, frequently, this was for naught, as many of the product X's of the
world were eventually consumed or buried by MSFT's marketing tactics and
weight.  As years went by, we paid more and more for less and less and it
became more and more difficult to find any competitive alternatives.

That is what a monopoly does to the marketplace.

Happy New Year,

SJD