Since this list is ostensibly a "left business" list, I wonder about your take on the Microsoft anti-trust issue. Doug, since the coverage in the NYTimes has been horrible (tech journalists seem to be one-source wonders), could you add any infogossip on the states' case? I'm especially interested in the difference between the JD/AG's positions on (a) must-carry and (b) bundling. NYT's coverage indicates that the states were trying to stop not only the bundling of IE with Windows, but bundling *any* software together, specifically Office? Even if you are virulently anti-MS, and totally opposed to IE-Windows integration, doesn't this strike you as absurd? It's in *my* interest to buy 5 programs separately, rather than as a package? Who is driving this aspect? Hatch and his Utah (Novell) cronies?
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