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Sounds like what a lawyer would say...
MS is scrutinized regularly for protecting their IP which more times than we would like to count is actually someone else's IP.

Sooo..., we keep a sharp eye on their activities.

MS has been found to illegally leverage their desktop monopoly more time that we would like to have been required to force them into a Consent Decree to make them promise to compete and not stifle innovation in other companies.

Sooo..., we keep a very keen eye out for their behavior, policies and tactics.

The real truth of the matter is that the market is not entirely driven by consumer choices and spending, as this guy would have you believe. The market can and will be manipulated by entities that have the size, resources and motives to do so. Microsoft and all of the other players mentioned by "Lars" meet these criteria and all bear scrutiny and control.

Lars might like to recall that a free and open market has to meet the criterion of substitution. That is, there is an alternative product that the buyer can choose that will meet the same expectations of utility. This allows the buyer to pick among several sellers based on price, value, quality,service, etc.

The "markets" that Lars mentions are so wrapped up in proprietary protocols and data representation, that there no longer exists any notion of a free and open market. That condition is not conducive to innovation or competitive value for the buyer.

But it was a nice try to make us believe that these great companies have no other motives than to supply value and quality to their markets and customer base in order to compete openly.
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M$ IP should be confiscated!  Linux Geek | 04/09/07
Excuse me?  justanitguy | 04/09/07
Remember Suck the Air out of Netscape  mighetto | 04/09/07
Not accurate  xuniL_z | 04/09/07
FireFox is Netscape  mighetto | 04/10/07
Wow. Unbelievable reply.  s.k.easley@... | 04/10/07
If Ballmer and Gates were operating in China  alanon5@... | 04/10/07
Oh!  Update victim | 04/10/07
You mean like they've confiscated your brain?  John Zern | 04/09/07
Shut. Up. Fool.  James T. Kirk | 04/09/07
Sounds like what a lawyer would say...  jacarter3 | 04/09/07
Unique advantage  Anton Philidor | 04/09/07
Too bad  jacarter3 | 04/09/07
An appraiser's definition...  Anton Philidor | 04/09/07
Again, too bad - it's not your call Anton.  jacarter3 | 04/09/07
You are forgetting one part of the equation  quietLee | 04/10/07
You are not only wrong, but you show your ignorance too  jacarter3 | 04/10/07
A very SWAYED look at the "facts", Anton  mdsmedia | 04/10/07
I do love twisted logic...particularly by lawyers  TtfnJohn | 04/10/07
Isn't that purely an assumption?  John Zern | 04/09/07
JZ - I would know this  jacarter3 | 04/09/07
Please tell me then  xuniL_z | 04/09/07
Because  zkiwi | 04/09/07
In other words  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
No  zkiwi | 04/10/07
In the words of zkiwi ......  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
You really don't read very well do you?  mdsmedia | 04/10/07
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Why Microsoft is under attack from all sides  Loverock Davidson | 04/09/07
Your Posts Are Just Like Charlie Brown's Teacher  itanalyst | 04/09/07
Eh?  william.furr@... | 04/09/07
It's more like  zkiwi | 04/09/07
That explanation still does not  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
Whatever  zkiwi | 04/10/07
Another ad hominem attack in reply to a prior ad hominem attack.  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
What a hack you are!  wininpitt | 04/10/07
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And you forgot to mention  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
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I think you have it backwards  mdsmedia | 04/10/07
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Actually I think the Romans  Linux User 147560 | 04/09/07
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I just call things like I see them ...  George Mitchell | 04/09/07
Eating Lunch  People | 04/09/07
Good show!  Linux User 147560 | 04/09/07
To be perfectly honest with you ...  George Mitchell | 04/09/07
My point exactly  People | 04/09/07
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That's unfortunate (and widespread) ignorance  Omch'Ar | 04/09/07
Greed is the problem  voska | 04/10/07
Voska, I agree with both you and Omch'Ar ...  George Mitchell | 04/10/07
I disagree  voska | 04/10/07
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Nobody asked you to be  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
If the black is white and white is black then the rest is irrelevant  khimru | 04/09/07
Like I posted - sounds like what a lawyer would say (NT)  jacarter3 | 04/09/07
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How do you define free?  s.k.easley@... | 04/10/07
Angling for work from MSFT?  Chad_z | 04/09/07
Red Hat Does  John Zern | 04/09/07
Would you care to be more specific? (nt)  Henry Miller | 04/10/07
No No No.......  xuniL_z | 04/09/07
Then please explain  zkiwi | 04/09/07
Here is why.  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
Ah well  zkiwi | 04/10/07
As always, an insulting reply. and negative campaigning  xuniL_z | 04/10/07
Political?  zkiwi | 04/10/07
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So  zkiwi | 04/11/07
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Misused?  zkiwi | 04/10/07
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He already does  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/09/07
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For bolts, you see "ANSI NC-12/24" specs, not "Ford # 123456".  mighetto | 04/09/07
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Donnie, you amaze me at all the hats  xuniL_z | 04/11/07
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If your borrow a buck  Boot_Agnostic | 04/10/07
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Read your monopoly definition again!  JJQ1000 | 04/10/07
I have never found a monopoly definition  xuniL_z | 04/11/07
Which just goes to show  zkiwi | 04/11/07
I have never found a monopoly definition  xuniL_z | 04/11/07
Please tell us who does. (NT)  Update victim | 04/10/07
Everyone hates the 800 lb gorilla ...  mwagner@... | 04/10/07
Maybe  TtfnJohn | 04/10/07
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Maybe they are just reaping what they sowed  htrudeau@... | 04/10/07
Rebuttal  Update victim | 04/10/07
Faulty assumption?  Fred Fredrickson | 04/11/07
Misquote and bad representation  Mitch 74 | 04/11/07
Misquote and bad representation  Mitch 74 | 04/11/07
Apple Stores and resellers exist  Boot_Agnostic | 04/11/07
Rich and Famous (lots of cash)  NotRichandFamous | 04/11/07
MICROSOFT AND THE EU  rodgarnett@... | 04/11/07
Lars you have to be a little smarter for this rag.  OldMarine | 04/11/07
If i want to read MS propaganda  A.Lizard | 04/12/07
The monopoly is the problem  pointzerotwo | 04/13/07
Spell Monopoly,,,M i c r o s o f t  mikifinaz1@... | 04/13/07
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