YAY!!!!! About time too.
But we did say the same about the Dark Side when it was taken to court over breaking anti-trust rules with Windows, Internet Exploder and MSOffice in the late 1990s. What happened there? Nothing much. There were two obvious solutions, the Boeing or Bell cases decisions. The Boeing decision essentially separated the engine and air frame divisions, the Bell decision broke Ma Bell into lots of baby Bells. Each gave open competition a chance, and the benefits were obvious.
Separating Windows as an OS and everything else as applications would have had a similar impact, I suggest. When it comes to Google and Facebook, etc., though, they've just gotten too big, making too much money. They've become careless, too close to their clientele, too indifferent to their users.
BTW, I heard that there are only two industries that refer to their clients as "Users" so I must wonder which is more destructive.
But we did say the same about the Dark Side when it was taken to court over breaking anti-trust rules with Windows, Internet Exploder and MSOffice in the late 1990s. What happened there? Nothing much. There were two obvious solutions, the Boeing or Bell cases decisions. The Boeing decision essentially separated the engine and air frame divisions, the Bell decision broke Ma Bell into lots of baby Bells. Each gave open competition a chance, and the benefits were obvious.
Separating Windows as an OS and everything else as applications would have had a similar impact, I suggest. When it comes to Google and Facebook, etc., though, they've just gotten too big, making too much money. They've become careless, too close to their clientele, too indifferent to their users.
BTW, I heard that there are only two industries that refer to their clients as "Users" so I must wonder which is more destructive.