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RE: Microsoft vs Justice Department
** Reply to note from claribba@jps.net Sun, 2 Nov 1997 10:24:54 -0500 (EST)
> The problem is from my perspective, that your choices get narrower all the time. What is a
> MS-free zone today won't be next month.
I think you are exactly on target. Freedom of choice is getting harder to implement, even
for the most informed and connected computer power-user. Microsoft is forcing hardware and
software vendors to design for MS-standards - which are intentionally incompatible with
other standards. The MS-Java vs Open Java is just the latest in a long line of similar
battles - nearly all won by MS.
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