Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 23, 2004 08:08 AM
So what if MS has most of the market, or even if it's a monopoly. There are plenty of FREE and open source media players that people have to choose from. Microsoft doesn't FORCE people to buy their product; it is up to you. Forcing Microsoft to repackage Windows is wrong, since it's Microsofts personal property.
Furthermore, on my Windows system, MS has included IE, Windows Media Player, Windows Messanger, Outlook Express, Calculator, etc. I dont have to, nor do I use any of those. If I want to use BSPlayer, or Winamp to play my media, I can. If i want to use Opera/Firefox, MS isn't stopping me. Even if MS made windows so that I HAD TO use IE, or WMP, they would STILL be in the right. I Don't HAVE TO buy their software. I have Linux, MacOS, BSD, etc to choose from.
I'll break out the champagne when someone can acctually compete with Windows by making a better product. Socialists...
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 23, 2004 08:08 AMFurthermore, on my Windows system, MS has included IE, Windows Media Player, Windows Messanger, Outlook Express, Calculator, etc. I dont have to, nor do I use any of those. If I want to use BSPlayer, or Winamp to play my media, I can. If i want to use Opera/Firefox, MS isn't stopping me. Even if MS made windows so that I HAD TO use IE, or WMP, they would STILL be in the right. I Don't HAVE TO buy their software. I have Linux, MacOS, BSD, etc to choose from.
I'll break out the champagne when someone can acctually compete with Windows by making a better product. Socialists...
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