Lunch at the Labs
Stuff I used to talk about during lunch at AT&T and Bell Labs. You are visitor
While you are considering the appropriate punishment for Microsoft who was found guilty of being a monopolist and breaking the law, you may want to consider this.
I've been reading pretty good reviews about OpenOffice the open source version of Sun's StarOffice It seems that for basic use it is upward compatible with Microsoft's Office.
So why has not a single major PC manufacturer arranged to bundle it with computers sold to individuals (or companies for that matter)? It seems to me it would cost the manufacturer very little and would be a huge selling point as Microsoft Office costs several hundred dollars. Do you suppose the reason might be that Microsoft's monopoly power is still in place and the PC manufacturers are afraid to do anything that might upset them?