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Your hypothetical premise.
You wrote:
"California doesn't make money from selling software, so if it's antagonistic it would be to spending money on software. No?"

So I applied the view that California is averse to spending money on products to cable TV with results that were just as absurd as the actual legislation.


You also wrote:

"I didn't read anything about a bill ... barring vendors from competing on product differentials."

My logic:

If only one output format is permitted, than any feature which produces results which cannot be saved in that format is not as useful as it might be, no?

So competitors are limited in the features they can offer.

And if features are restricted, then product differentials are affected.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 03/01/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Here is where Microsoft's legal department kicks in.  nomorems | 02/28/07
I can just hear it. But, but, it is not fair if we don't have an advantage,  DonnieBoy | 02/28/07
That's pretty much it...  shawkins | 03/01/07
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The only one I see squirming  John Zern | 03/01/07
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Another blow to the mighty M$ empire  DarthRidiculous | 02/28/07
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This is rapidly becoming a bandwagon ...  George Mitchell | 02/28/07
anti trust laws  arash_r@... | 03/01/07
Your places of work went with one program over another  Boot_Agnostic | 03/01/07
References?  yyuko@... | 03/01/07
One Stop Info Store  whisperycat | 03/01/07
This is an appropriate procedure...  Anton Philidor | 03/01/07
Re: California may adopt OpenDocument  none none | 03/01/07
Okay cable TV is like software.  Anton Philidor | 03/01/07
Cable TV IS like software ...  George Mitchell | 03/01/07
"... forced to pay for [Microsoft Office as] a competing product..."?  Anton Philidor | 03/01/07
Re: Okay cable TV is like software.  none none | 03/01/07
Your hypothetical premise.  Anton Philidor | 03/01/07
Re: Your hypothetical premise.  none none | 03/01/07
MA tried and got shot down. Good luck, CA  ejhonda | 03/01/07
When and how...  Logics | 03/01/07
Was it shot down or sent back for more review  Boot_Agnostic | 03/01/07
Thats right! CA and every other state should cower before the bully!  George Mitchell | 03/01/07
Sounds like Sun, Oracle, Real and AOL  Boot_Agnostic | 03/01/07
Its already happening in places that are unoticed ...  George Mitchell | 03/01/07

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