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Time:
08:41 EST/13:41 GMT | News Source:
USA Today |
Posted By: Robert Stein |
Microsoft's gamble to break the law to fend off competition paid huge dividends. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's decision Friday permits Microsoft to repeat illegal acts and lets it retain all of the fruits of its illegal behavior. The way is now paved for a Microsoft-owned Internet.
Bill Gates has already said he plans to use Windows to dispose of the next threat (Internet-based services) in the same way Windows eliminated the browser threat. Microsoft will continue to add proprietary extensions to the browser that require the Internet-based technologies to adopt and use Microsoft's exclusive technology. Gates and company essentially paid no price for breaking the law and have already announced that they will use the same tactics to gain control of the Internet. Don't say we weren't fairly warned.
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