Linked by David Adams on Tue 5th Aug 2008 21:20 UTC, submitted by JCooper
Microsoft . . . complained in its annual report that it was facing increasing pressure from open source companies. It claims they are stealing its ideas and benefiting from its intellectual property.
"A number of commercial firms compete with us using an open source business model by modifying and then distributing open source software to end users at nominal cost and earning revenue on complementary services and products." Also see analysis at Microsoft Watch.
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They're not a monopoly. I can just as easily buy a Mac or a Linux preloaded computer as I can a Windows one.
Wrong. They ARE a monopoly. A monopoly does not mean they have no competition. It just means they control enough of the market that their competition is insignificant.
As far as i know, monopolies are not necessary illegal either. However I would suggest that given MS's past business practices, they could probably qualify as an illegal monopoly, because of the way they have bullied competitors (embrace,extend,extinguish?) and abused their market share.
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They're not a monopoly. I can just as easily buy a Mac or a Linux preloaded computer as I can a Windows one.