Comments on: The State of Anti-Trust http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/10/the-state-of-anti-trust.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brad K. http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/10/the-state-of-anti-trust.html/comment-page-1#comment-24175 Brad K. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:38:53 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=9294#comment-24175 Actually, I want Adobe to license their Creative Suite to Serif and JohnChow.com for distribution under private labels. And, yes, Dell and Sony and the South Koreans obviously deserve to distribute Apple's OS and hardware designs at garage shop prices. And let Mahindra (and MahindraUSA) see what they can do with Cadillac and Chrysler models. Umm, actually it looks like Mahindra or the Russians might be making next year's Chrysler models. Anyway. The part that hasn't kicked in yet is that the RIAA hasn't chimed in with IBM, crying about copyright infringement. And what about IBM's software patent protection? Let the competitors wait 75 years for the copyright protection to run out. Or maybe settle for the 1965 version of IBM's System 360. Actually, I want Adobe to license their Creative Suite to Serif and JohnChow.com for distribution under private labels.

And, yes, Dell and Sony and the South Koreans obviously deserve to distribute Apple’s OS and hardware designs at garage shop prices. And let Mahindra (and MahindraUSA) see what they can do with Cadillac and Chrysler models. Umm, actually it looks like Mahindra or the Russians might be making next year’s Chrysler models. Anyway.

The part that hasn’t kicked in yet is that the RIAA hasn’t chimed in with IBM, crying about copyright infringement.

And what about IBM’s software patent protection? Let the competitors wait 75 years for the copyright protection to run out. Or maybe settle for the 1965 version of IBM’s System 360.

]]> By: thebastidge http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/10/the-state-of-anti-trust.html/comment-page-1#comment-24146 thebastidge Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:05:49 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=9294#comment-24146 It's almost impossible to get into a monopoly position without government collusion in the first place; it's laughable to think that government is protecting us from it. It’s almost impossible to get into a monopoly position without government collusion in the first place; it’s laughable to think that government is protecting us from it.

]]> By: eCurmudgeon http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/10/the-state-of-anti-trust.html/comment-page-1#comment-24143 eCurmudgeon Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:03:06 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=9294#comment-24143 So does this mean that the FTC's next target is Apple because I can't run Mac OS X on my Dell laptop? (Yes, I know about "hackintosh" patches and the like. I'm talking "out of the box" here...) So does this mean that the FTC’s next target is Apple because I can’t run Mac OS X on my Dell laptop?

(Yes, I know about “hackintosh” patches and the like. I’m talking “out of the box” here…)

]]> By: Zach http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/10/the-state-of-anti-trust.html/comment-page-1#comment-24137 Zach Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:44:14 +0000 http://www.coyoteblog.com/?p=9294#comment-24137 After reading a casual summary of the anti-trust case the EU made against Microsoft, I can only come to 2 conclusions: 1) The average European is too stupid to go to www.getfirefox.com 2) Microsoft makes a lot of money and is not European, therefore they should pay Jean-Claude Soprano^W^W^Wthe EU a lot of money. And who uses mainframes anymore? After reading a casual summary of the anti-trust case the EU made against Microsoft, I can only come to 2 conclusions:

1) The average European is too stupid to go to http://www.getfirefox.com
2) Microsoft makes a lot of money and is not European, therefore they should pay Jean-Claude Soprano^W^W^Wthe EU a lot of money.

And who uses mainframes anymore?

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