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Let’s try reduction to absurdity in this situation… Linux thrives because it does not depend upon Microsoft for its existance.

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Eventually, if allowed to continue these practices, Microsoft will decimate the Windows based software industry. No company competing on price and quality stands a chance against Microsoft in the long term since Microsoft will gradually get around to bundling whatever speciality software that company specializes in eventually eliminating the ability to make a profit. The only reason the alternatives mentioned by some above exist is because they are FREE. The fact is they are using the OS to gradually take control of the software marketplace.

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If Microsoft were competing on price and quality instead of including it free at the “store” entrance it would be a different story.

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The simple point is that Microsoft is acting as a monopoly when it uses the advantage of controlling the “store” (the OS) when it bundles for free what some of you are thinking of as “value to customers”. I get to choose based on price and quality. I walk back to the appliance aisle and I find the Sears brand as well as other brands. No one is standing at the door handing me free stoves. I walk back to the canned bean aisle and I find the Safeway brand as well as others all priced and competing with eachother in the Safeway store. No one is standing at the door handing me a can of Safeway brand pork-n-beans for free. You can substitute any store name you wish. This should cause other companies to work harder at building a better application. I will use Microsoft’s stuff until a better alternative comes along. IE was just plain faster than Netscape, and WMP just did a better job in certain areas than RealPlayer or Winamp. RealPayer has done nothing to get back to being better than WMP.ġ)Integrating these into the OS provides value to customers, and so makes business sense.I would find Windows a much poorer value if they were missing.Ģ)Microsoft did a good just of making these programs the best in their area.

I found that I had less interuptions with WMP so I began to use it. Then WMP came out with streaming content.

RealPlayer used to be wonderful for streaming content. WMP did a better job at doing what I need. Winamp added video playback, but it wasn’t good enough. I previously used Winamp for all media needs, until I needed to play video files. And Netscape is just now outdoing IE, so I have begun to use Mozilla Firebird. IE got better and better until it outdid Netscape.

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Yes, it is convenient not to have to install a web browser now, but if Netscape or some other browser was better than IE I would use it. I tried using IE 3 when it came out but it wasn’t good enough. I have been on the internet for a long time. I get more product for the money because these apps are there. We hear alot of flack because Red Hat stopped putting MP3 support into their standard install. Having these apps integrated with the OS adds value to it. Removing IE and WMP will remove the ability for the OS to handle those types of files out of the box. I don’t think the point is that the Base OS will still work, I think the point is that the Base OS will not work as well. Next Bill is handing out free…….(hopefully some bulbs are lighting up just a bit now) No one who enters the store ever bothers to wander over to the anti-virus aisle anymore because they have a “free” copy of Bills Anti-Virus already.Įventually the anti-virus aisle ceases to exist. Next Bill is handing out free copies of Microsoft Anti-Virus to everyone who enters the store. No one who enters the store ever bothers to wander over to the media player aisle anymore because they have a “free” copy of Bills player already.Įventually the media player aisle ceases to exist. Next Bill is handing out free copies of Windows Media Player to everyone who enters the store.

No one who enters the store ever bothers to wander over to the web browser aisle anymore because they have a “free” copy of Bills web browser already.Įventually the web browser aisle ceases to exist. Bill Gates is standing at the entrance to the storeīill is handing out free copies of Internet Explorer to everyone who enters the store.