"When all our enterprises move to computing in the clouds and there is a single firm that is offering a comprehensive solution, you are going to see the same repeat of Microsoft," she said."

And I said what Microsoft did, not what they are doing now.

Reading Is Fundamental indeed...

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Forgot that last bit there.

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" I still fail to see how microsoft was a monopoly"

Read US v. MS.

"microsoft has no control over anything that you install or remove from windows machines"

And then read IE, specifically the part about Removal.

Granted it may not be so much an issue now with Vista and W7 on the way. That was the whole point of my post anyway, regarding what was and not what is currently.

"Google is a looming threat of monopolization because their systems are usually more widely used, but they still have plenty of competition in every aspect of their business."

They do have plenty of competition and no one is forcing you to use any of Google's products or services.

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Then you really will be the "biotch."

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It's only when you realize the lengths the recording and motion picture industry will go to make a buck, that you will truely understand the problem.

A small proportion of the public downloading movies and music for free is not hurting the industry near as much as they would like you to believe. They're still getting rich and we're still getting poor. The fact that the average Joe the Plumber doesn't know a torrent from a turnip pretty much ensures that the respective industries will still get paid.

If they maid music and movies easier and cheaper to acquire legally by means other than expensive cds and dvds or movie tickets, and got that message out to the public on how easy it is and made the media DRM-free, we'd be ok. iTunes, Zune Marketplace, etc. are making that dream come truer every day and I have no problem paying a buck for a song because I can freely move it around and burn it to a disc if I want. Movies on the other hand are a bit trickier and you still have unnecessary restrictions on what you can do with them in many cases. Make the price fair and don't worry about what we do with the files. At the right price point, paying for a quality copy and downloading is much better than pirating, music or movies.

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Actually, 95% of all downloads are illegal!

95% !!!

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Really? I didn't know the New York Times printed anything other then pinko commie leftest propaganda. In an effort to infect our population and have the populous reject and surrender our Republic values. All done in the name of Fairness.

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There are ONLY TWO THINGS that filing for bankruptcy can't get rid of under any circumstances:

Back Taxes (but if handled correctly they can be renegotiated and settled for much less)

and

Student Loans

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