In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Terry C. Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, as long as people keep buying Microsoft products and patches
> ("Upgrades" in Redmond-speak), Microsoft will continue to pursue the same
> strategy.

A good many sensible people are using Windows not because they want to,
but because they have to. People don't generally buy an operating
system because they want to run that OS. They buy it because they need
to run X, Y, and Z applications, and they run on it. Desktop apps run
on Windows. So what option is there?

Microsoft is no longer just another software company. They can no longer
be allowed to act like one, because the normal checks and balances of the
market no longer apply to them.

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