2009/3/22 Florian Weimer fw@deneb.enyo.de:
- Bernhard Reiter:
One difference is obvious, and this is market share. Microsoft's very large market share has put them in a unique position to do misschief in other areas.
Dominant market shares lie well below historic Microsoft-like levels. I have trouble with arguments along the lines, "it's okay when we do it because we're so much smaller". We don't really know how small or big we are, and I think the FSF is the dominant licensing organization in quite a few areas.
Microsoft not only has a monopoly, it has repeatedly been found to abuse its monopoly. This does in fact make all the difference.
If you really don't get it, I suspect this is more a lack of joined-up thinking on your part than a problem with anyone else's behaviour.
- d.