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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 19 2013 @ 11:00 PM EDT |
Frankly, I'm surprised that no-one in the open source community has done this
already. Think maybe it's because Microsoft would probably sue someone for
getting the real facts out? :)
I still have a Motorola Droid 1 that I play with from time to time. I can build
from scratch, take anything I don't want out, and add anything I want in without
much of a hassle. Comparing this to MSs own bundling practices, it will always
return a false. MSs bundling practices are wrong because it gives the user no
choice of unbundling in the end. With Google's so-called "bundling
practices," the choice remains in the hands of the consumer.
If Microsoft wants any legitimacy to their complaint of bundling by other
entities, they should shake down the computer vendors (think AT&T, Verizon,
Sony, etc.) who lock their products down and won't allow the customer to unlock
their own property in order to have that freedom of choice. THAT should be
illegal, unless clearly marked on the package so that consumers are not deceived
about what they are purchasing. But then that wouldn't be a complaint against
Google, because Google encourages no such slavery.
I think Microsoft's complaint is really that it's own, totalitarian approach to
software cannot compete with freedom of choice that open source delivers to the
consumer. For how long have we been saying this in the open source community,
now? It's a true milestone that has been reached, if Microsoft is FINALLY
beginning to grasp that concept.
Hah! Nah... It's still way over their heads. :))
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