“For example, Netscape was a monopoly before Microsoft came
along and offered true competition. Before you point out that NCSA
Mosaic was out and offered competition, I must ask when was the
last time that you used Mosaic. And I mean really use it — long
enough to appreciate the user friendliness of Lynx. So how does
this relate to the Microsoft trial? For the first time, Netscape
had real competition. And not only that, but it was free and
included with the operating system. They seemed to think that this
is not fair. Can’t beat bundling software with the operating
system, even though they did almost the same thing by bundling it
with popular software….”
“If you have read this far and have not tried to flame me for
pointing these things out, I congratulate you. The government
never stepped in with Netscape, or with Apple, or with the endless
other companies that have been “monopolies” in the computer
industry. Why should they step in for Microsoft? One reason
comes to mind: money….”
“But of all these bad things comes much good. Microsoft is more
vulnerable now than it ever has. If they do split up as speculation
suggests that they will, it will mean smaller companies to compete
with. It seems that the future for Linux keeps looking better and
better.”