Hi, Kim- 

They (MS, the Tyrants of Redmond,
etc) could attempt such a thing,
but I think that if they tried it, 
even under the present
business-friendly administration, 
the Department of Justice would
hand MS their own procreative parts
on a hotdog bun (please God, let me
live to see it...)  

I think there is also a limited
extent to which a business can ask
it's customers to waive their legal
rights- subscription or no, such
things are subject to judicial
review, tests of reasonableness,
etc. 

Anyway, give it six months or a
year, and see. Even if Microsoft
takes it on the chin in this
anti-trust suit, they will still be
selling the Windows OS, under any
conditions they have to abide by,
because it's the closest thing they
have to a stranglehold on the
software market. They certainly
can't make ends meet by selling
their Office suite or their
browser... 

IMHO, anyway. Time will tell :-)



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Lee Einer

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