Comments (2)

• bob

  "I.B.M.’s decision not to license its mainframe software has been at the heart of the antitrust complaints against it."

  So it's illegal to take full advantage of your state-granted monopoly?!

  Published: October 8, 2009 9:07 AM

• Curt Howland

  > So it's illegal to take full advantage of your state-granted monopoly?!

  One of the biggest arguments against Microsoft for years has been that they change their internal file and networking protocols randomly, making life hard for reverse-engineers.

  The argument is, basically, that Microsoft cannot change their own products as they see fit. Period.

  And then they call Microsoft the evil monopolist!

  Published: October 8, 2009 10:46 AM