Monopol kao strategija?!!Citat:
ZDNET: In a speech here Tuesday before the American Antitrust Institute, Jackson said that the "Microsoft persona I had been shown throughout the trial was one of militant defiance, unapologetic for its past behavior and determined to continue as before."
"Windows is an operating system monopoly, and the company's business strategy was to leverage Windows to achieve a comparable dominion of all software markets," Jackson said. "Nothing has changed, to my observation, in the five years that have elapsed since my decision...Microsoft has won the browser war in the United States. Netscape Navigator, if it is still available at all, has only a small fraction of the browser market."
"Windows is an operating system monopoly, and the company's business strategy was to leverage Windows to achieve a comparable dominion of all software markets," Jackson said. "Nothing has changed, to my observation, in the five years that have elapsed since my decision...Microsoft has won the browser war in the United States. Netscape Navigator, if it is still available at all, has only a small fraction of the browser market."
Neko je ovde govorio o nekomercijalizaciji i nefleksibilnost GPL za komercijalnu upotrebu u diskusiji win vs lin... Da li nacin na koji Microsoft posluje treba da posluzi kao primer? Ne mislim tako. Monopolisticka praksa se sankcionise u svim nacionalnim pravima razvijenih, a i vecine drzava u razvoju (u slucaju da nisu u pitanju drzavno protekcionirane firme). Bilo bi interesantno izbrojati koliko je puta Microsoft bio tuzen, bilo za krsenje patentnih prava, bilo za monopol... Kako se onda moze porediti Microsoftov komercijalni model sa Linuxovim GPL modelom ili nekom varijantom OS modela. Kompanija kojoj je vise puta sudjeno za nelojalnu konkurenciju tesko moze posluziti kao primer!
Zasto bi FSF prihvatio pravila velikih korporacija, kad je jasno da su one orijentisane na profit, ne na dobrobit korisnika. Promene se cine samo kada je potrebno otkloniti opasnost od konkurencije ili kad korisnici imaju previse prituzbi na racun komercijalnog softvera. Komercijalni softver se cesto izdaje polugotov i pun bagova i to po punoj ceni, dok se kasnije to nastoji ispraviti raznoraznim zakrpama.
Ne u OS/FS zajednici, vec u zajednici Win korisnika postoji konstantno nezadovoljstvo previsokim cenama softvera. Korisnici razlicitih verzija windows operativnog sistema se stalno zale na stalne napasti koje uspeju da se uguraju u racunar, bez obzira na instalirane antiviruse, firewallove ili adblockere. Moram reci da do sada ni na jednom forumu nisam video ni jedan post u kome kucni korisnik pita: "kako ukloniti taj i taj virus?".
Napadati nesto samo zato sto ti se ne svidja je malo cudno. GNU/Linux aktivisti napadaju Microsoft zbog mnogo ozbiljnijih stvari od samog nesvidjanja. A o pricama o neozbiljnosti: znaci komercijalno je ozbiljno bez obzira sto je puno bagova. Po cemu je to ozbiljno. To je nepostovanje korisnika. Korisnik kupi softver koji radi, ali samo "malo" bagovito.
A ozbiljnosti Microsofta i njihovoj posvecenosti sigurnosti dovoljno govori i ovaj clanak:
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Indian cracks Microsoft's anti-piracy program
Bangalore based reseracher cracked the WGA through an "easy-to-exploit" weakness in the software.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
BANGALORE: Microsoft's much-touted "impenetrable" Windows Genuine Advantage has been cracked by Bangalore-based Debasis Mohanty, according to agency reports.
The report states that Mohanty has cracked WGA through an "easy-to-exploit" weakness in the software for generating illegal copies of the Windows XP programme.
Although Microsoft confirmed Mohanty's cliams it sought to downplay it saying, "It represents very little threat."
A company spokesperson said they did expect counterfeiters to try a number of different methods to circumvent safeguards provided by WGA.
WGA is an anti-piracy programme that keeps a tab on consumers whether they are running legitimately licensed copies of Windows XP.
Bangalore based reseracher cracked the WGA through an "easy-to-exploit" weakness in the software.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
BANGALORE: Microsoft's much-touted "impenetrable" Windows Genuine Advantage has been cracked by Bangalore-based Debasis Mohanty, according to agency reports.
The report states that Mohanty has cracked WGA through an "easy-to-exploit" weakness in the software for generating illegal copies of the Windows XP programme.
Although Microsoft confirmed Mohanty's cliams it sought to downplay it saying, "It represents very little threat."
A company spokesperson said they did expect counterfeiters to try a number of different methods to circumvent safeguards provided by WGA.
WGA is an anti-piracy programme that keeps a tab on consumers whether they are running legitimately licensed copies of Windows XP.
Neprobojni sistem je krakovan kroz lako iskoristivu slabost? Koliko je to neprobojno? Mnooogooo. Ma da... Sigurnooo...
