[TechJunkYard]

.. look at the settlement terms for this so-called "convicted monopolist". Microsoft can't strongarm OEMs. Microsoft needs to disclose APIs and middleware hooks. Microsoft needs to provide uniform pricing. Honestly, you have little to complain about now.

Oh, okay, so you wouldn't have a problem with a convicted sex offender moving in next door; after all, he's paid his debt to society and he's completely safe now.

[Bush2000]

Oh, okay, so you wouldn't have a problem with a convicted sex offender moving in next door; after all, he's paid his debt to society and he's completely safe now.

Apples and oranges. A sex offender can pretty much move around the community without any restrictions (other than occasionally checking in with a parole officer). Microsoft is pretty heavily regulated by government bureaucrats now.