Posts tagged “antitrust”
Google Knol gives its own content unfair PageRank advantages over competitors, which is an abuse of monopoly power. Google has crossed the line from organizing the world's information to stealing traffic from better sources and monetizing the theft. This is evil, plain and simple.
Microsoft's monopoly conviction is long overdue. The real crime isn't dominance itself, but using OS control to flood unrelated markets with inferior products. My prescription: restrict their expansion into media and content, open the Windows source code, and impose serious regulatory oversight.
Microsoft's Windows XP locks out Kodak by defaulting to its own photo software and paid partner services, even when Kodak is installed. Looks like the same old monopoly muscle being flexed to crush competition. Hello, Judge? Anyone?