bundling favors monopoly and dominant vendors

["Lewis A. Mettler" <lmettler@lamlaw.com>]

Bundling applications and subsystems always favors a monopolist or
dominant product not those who wish to provide alternatives or
competition.

Read the story about Bill Gates wanting to buy a Linux PC.  And, then
read the examination on that point.

Bundling networking technology with the OS makes it very difficult for
an alternative operating system to gain entry in the dominant or
monopoly controlled marketplace.

When anyone suggests they promote bundling, they are only supporting
Microsoft and the key mechanism used by Microsoft to maintain its power.

Read the findings of facts and look for this point.

Read the testimony from the DOJ economists and look for this point.

And, read the Bill Gates attempt as illustrated on this list to add a
Linux box to his network at home.  All consumers are frustrated in a
similar fashion should they want to bring a Linux machine into their
existing systems.  Maybe not if the current systems are Unix.  But, for
those consumers currently running Windows and Microsoft networking it is
very difficult to bring Linux machines into the network for client use.

Bundling favors the monopolist and disfavors those technologies that
want to complete.

Read that examination question.  You know, the one that all Microsoft
supporters refuse to address or answer.  There is a reason why they
refuse to answer that examination question.  It points out the harm
caused by bundling networking and internet technologies.  And, it points
out that bundling increases barriers to entry just as Judge Jackson has
found.

Read those articles if you want to know what Microsoft will refuse to
discuss.

Microsoft will refuse to discuss it because the natural conclusions
point out how Microsoft's power can be weakened.  That is, unbundle
applications and subsystems from the OS.

-- 
Lewis A. Mettler, Esq.(Attorney and Software Developer)
lmettler@LAMLaw.com
http://www.lamlaw.com/ (detailed review of the Microsoft antitrust
trial)