---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: Jag se emot det! From: "Jeremiah Foster" jeremiah.foster@gmail.com Date: Wed, March 9, 2005 12:03 To: hesa@sandklef.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henrik Sandklef wrote:
please review this file (swedish) if you have some spare time. Don't send
it elsewhere though.
Extremely well reasoned and well written Henrik. I would like to add in response to this;
[ "Det är vackert så. Men när det gäller långsiktigt, genomtänkt bistånd har de flesta av oss mycket att lära av monopolkapitalisten Bill Gates." ]
There exists nothing more to learn of monopolies. They are an ancient form of capitalism and forbidden by governments because of the damage they do to markets. Perhaps this is why both the United States Department of Justice and the European Union's highest court levied judgements on Microsoft that included;
- dividing the company in two - separating its media player from its operating system - fining it more than 600 million dollars - identifying it as a monopoly
Microsoft's monopoly destroys the ability of firms to compete in the marketplace. This denies small companies in countries all over the world from developing better technologies. Further more it destroys the economies of developing nations by limiting competition, increasing the cost of software, and destroying jobs.
Looking at Sweden, one of the most technically advanced nations in the world, its reliance on a single software provider has limited its ability to fight industrial espionage, protect national security, and develop a local software industry (outside of game development and embedded systems.) Monopolies are always bad, that is why they are forbidden. Microsoft has ruthlessly crushed competition to secure its position in the marketplace and only direct action against it can save the software industry at large. That direct action is being taken in the form of linux which Microsoft recognizes as a real threat. FOSS represents a return to free trade, job creation, and independence.
Jeremiah
En version till ... glöm förra!!!
Hallå!!!
Jag har velat länge med denna artikel. Att jag har en version 05 säger att jag strulat för länge. Dags att skicka iväg den. Men snälla, var elaka mot mig. Hellre ni än DN och läskrets..... Säg vad ni tycker!!!
Är jag spydig? Är jag osaklig? Verkar jag hämdlysten? ......
Jag avkräfver svar af Eder i eftermiddag!!
/hesa
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