[mdlug] Is the "Wintel" monopoly slipping away?

[Garry Stahl]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> When you have to jump through such hoops to NOT buy something
> then yes, the product which you do NOT WANT TO BUY is a monopoly.
>
> Any reasonable person can see that.
>   

Actually the US courts said so.  Dubya forced the justice department to
drop the court ordered judgment against Microsoft.  I have not forgotten
this.

Windows meets all the requirements for a monopoly in the legal sense. 

The hoops I had to jump through to get a non-windows laptop were pretty
amazing.  However I did.  I should not have to refuse a EULA and hope
for a refund on a product I do not want and do not need.  That is non
competitive as the courts decided. 

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