Subject: Re: [lojban] RE: emacs, etc.

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:18:57 -0400

[email-masked] wrote:

> << This is the last thing that Microsoft desires: their monopoly depends on
> maintaining a high applications barrier to entry. >>
> 
> That is, it is hard for anyone else to develop an application within Windows?
> Maybe it is hard, though people do seem to manage it pretty regularly.

No, no. Microsoft makes it hard for people to develop applications that
run well both on Windows and non-Windows. The major threats in that direction
(browsers and Java) have been countered by various unsavory business tactics:
tying, bundling, discriminatory pricing, and outright threats.
This is what the antitrust suit is all about.

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