MA> That's why it's called competition.  If Microsoft has an  inferior
 MA> product that people reject, even a free product will not  overcome
Microsoft does have an inferior product, the people aren't given a choice to 
begin with.. (I'm speaking of Win95 here).
 MA> will be accepted.  While a free product may grant market dominance
 MA> to Microsoft, much as the dominance MS enkoys in the operating
 MA> systems market, that does not define a monolopy.  A monolopy is
Can you explain the reasoning behind Microsoft giving a product away after 
spending millions upon millions in production costs?  I doubt they are doing 
it to be nice..  I've got my own ideas on it, none of them good towards MS..
 MA> government, Microsoft has rereleased it's first Windows 95 version
 MA> without Explorer. The reaction?  Noone wants it.  Why pay the same
Do you know why?  Microsoft took out more than just IE, they reduced 
functionality across the board..
 MA> The result of that will be a totally inferior product noone wants and
 MA> we will loose the superior product in the process.      Finally, the
Neither one is the superior product, but not many know that, or could handle 
it..
 MA> market entirely.      In the end, this path will lead to a government
 MA> produced, or at the very least, heavily regulated operating system
 MA> that noone wants but everyone is forced to use.  Is this relaly where
 MA> we want to go?
Believe it or not, I can guarantee it won't end up like you think it will.. 
There are good times to be paranoid, this isn't one..
JB
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