Sometimes anti-trust means anti-choice


Trying to chain Microsoft
I had to laugh at this one. My comments are in green.

For instance, Adobe Inc., creators of the widely used PDF document standard, object to Microsoft's built-in functionality that gives users the ability to create PDF files without having to use Adobe's own software. <snip>

No one is talking about Apple's Macintosh here, but maybe they should. The Macintosh OS X (that is Ten, not X) has had the ability to create PDF files since 2001. Apple just announced the fifth major upgrade to that operating system.

Real Networks, per usual, is protesting that Microsoft is integrating media playback capabilities in the form of Windows Media Player 11, which competes directly with Real Player. <snip>

Apple created Quicktime, one of the best alternatives to Real Player, and it has been around (available on several platforms) since long before Microsoft created their Windows Media Player.

And now Symantec, developers of anti-virus software, is complaining that Microsoft will include their own firewall, which could lower sales of Symantec's own solutions. <snip>

Since 1999 with the introduction of OS X Server, both antivirus and firewall protection has been built into the Macintosh OS. There is still a demand for third party solutions.

If it were really about anti-trust, these companies would have gone after Apple years ago. But what they want is a legal entry into Windows. In other words, as Warren Myer at Coyote Blog points out, these companies really want the government to sit on their competition.

Microsoft has done some really obnoxious things. These companies were successful because they offered alternatives. When they have to stop competing, their products will go down hill fast.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - September 28, 2006 at 04:38 AM  Tag


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