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Originally Posted by fjtorres
That was Microsoft's position.
They ended up with a court ruling that said they did no harm to consumers or Netscape but they needed to be punished anyway.
Showing up with a broomstick to a gunfight only works in kung-fu movies. 
Once business gets political the only viable strategy is to make sure you have the bigger battalions. |
Yep. Once you get to a certain size, the pols will be coming to you with the hands out anyway, might as well get ahead of the curve. It stinks, but that's how the world is. The downside is that once you start buying politicians, it's pretty easy to go from "just leave me alone" to "I have this little problem I want you to help me with".