12 Aug
2002
12 Aug
'02
4:59 a.m.
at Monday, August 12, 2002 2:17 AM, David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> was seen to say:
Microsoft can have whatever vision of the future they want and can use any resources at their disposal to bring their vision to light. Everybody has that right. Nope, monopolies don't - the rules for a monopoly are tighter for the very good reason the customer *can't* go somewhere else, he has to decide to buy from them or go without (and in a world where not accepting MS-formatted documents can lock you out of contracts you need to keep in business, the pressure to go with the crowd is very high indeed. There *is* a gun pointed at their head, but it is financial (and smoking :)