You want it? You pay the price. You don't want to? Do without. It's pile on Microsoft time again. California taps another revenue source, Microsoft, a company with deep pockets.
Oh, and because you're so successful, we're going to punish you. I see how it goes now. This is in San Francisco, 9th Circus Court of Appeals land.
"It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide," said San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
What's this "It's" he is talking about? He's talking about probably the most successful business enterprise in the world. One that could be the shining example of what a technical and marketing genius can accomplish. I've not heard one consumer screaming that they've been denied something from Microsoft.
And what's this "should", as in "the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide." The market provides what the market provides. Save the socialist agenda for some other country.
These money grubbing class action plaintiff lawyers and politicians just need to get a grip. It's the lawyers and politicians who are after the money; there are no real 'victims' until after they're done raping the business.
"Taxpayers no less than consumers have been victimized by Microsoft's misconduct, and we are seeking a just resolution with our lawsuit today."
It's this kind of litigation that tends to make victims of the consumers due to increased cost of the product as the cost of doing business (frivolous litigation) goes up.
