Bay Area Tech Industry Welcomes News of Stifling Goverment Meddling
Bay Area Technology leaders cheered as the Justice Department handed down a verdict ruling Microsoft as a "monopoly", ushering in a new era of stifling goverment intervention.
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"For too long, the technology sector has been plagued by years of intense growth and expansion." commented Dan Gnash, a Silicon Valley observer. "Billions of billions of dollars poured into our local technology industry, so fast we barely knew what to do with it. And why? Because Microsoft and Intel got together and made, cheap, easy to use PC's for the masses, bringing millions of people who otherwise wouldn't of heard of the Internet, online. Well, it's time someone put their foot down and put a stop to this!"
Dan feels the news of Microsoft's monopoly status will be good for Microsoft's competitors, which indeed rallyed on the news, despite the fact if Microsoft were really a monopoly, if would have no competitors.
"We don't have a problem with Microsoft being guilty of unfair business practices. Heck, we put up with Intel for over a decade now. Our problem is that Microsoft isn't in the Bay Area. Think of all of those billions of dollars going into the tech industry, not to the Bay Area, but Redmond, Washington. If Microsoft had moved into the Bay Area in the mid 80s, there'd be no lawsuit. We'd just call it our "Bay Area Darling Company" or something.
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"They don't innovate anything" Dan added, echoing many Bay Area sentiments. Completely ignoring the fact that innovation includes marketing and providing the customer what they ask for as well, Dan also commented "Solaris is such a more stable operating system. Why doesn't everyone use Unix on their home desktops?"
In any case, Dan feels we can look forwards to years of goverment control and stifling intervention for years to come. "My advice to those starting a company, especially those not in the Bay Area, is this: Don't try to make your company too successful. Make a so-so product. Otherwise, the goverment will impose stiff penalities through a Bay Area court."
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