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Will the real monopolist please stand up?

http://blogs.zdnet.com

That didn’t take long. The lawyers already are issuing statements over the Microsoft bid for Yahoo.

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Created by bluecheese 28 weeks 3 days ago – Made popular 28 weeks 3 days ago
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Socialist Party Netherlands wants to abolish Windows monopoly

http://mckooiker.byethost5.com

Arda Gerkens, member of the Socialist Party in the Dutch government, wants people to be able to choose their operating system. Now people barely have that freedom and if you want to remove Windows, you can do so, but you loose the money you paid for Windows.

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Europe Says Bye to OS Monopoly

http://www.madpenguin.org

Looks like Europe is collectively ready to bring Microsoft's monopoly down so that other OS options will have a chance to flourish. Well, at least one group of like-minded people have managed to begin clearing the playing field some.

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Created by mark 41 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 41 weeks 4 days ago
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Why the Unbundling Windows Sceptics are Wrong

http://www.cybersource.com.au

Numerous industry observers have long-called for the adoption of policies by competition regulators which will spur competition in the personal computer operating system platform market - a market which has had a Microsoft choke-hold, gained through legally dubious business practices, over the past 20 years.

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Lord, what fools these mortals be!

http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com

I open up the virtual newspaper this morning, and what should be printed on the front web page but a link to an article that proclaims "US Department of Justice and five States have declared themselves satisfied with the antitrust enforcement efforts taken against Microsoft." The article, from CBRonline, goes on to quote the following reasons why the DoJ feels that competition is increasing...

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