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Story: Microsoft denies blackmail accusations
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 16 February 2005, 5:41 PM)
Microsoft reguarly blackmail governments.
In the same way most monopolies and large suppliers blackmail governments, councils and other companies which use them. Its basically the same as the old Unix system lock-ins of the 70's and 80's.
They know that changing suppliers will cause considerable disruption and so can regualarly push for higher prices.
Sure, these accusations are of even more serious nature and do seem at face value to be undeniably true but the above described blackmail method is also blackmail, it just happens to be legal.
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