For years I've suggested casually that the Microsoft case offered a number of parallels with that of another vendor - IBM. Found guilty of antitrust violations, ruling the market by force of will, much to the dismay of customers. That was in the late 80's and after the crash it took many years for the company to recover. Will Microsoft repeat history?

Why Open Source Scares Microsoft. In his most recent comments, Microsoft's Craig Mundie painted a fairly bleak picture of a world in which general public licenses exist. His argument was concise, if drastically flawed. [osOpinion] 

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