i just finished my econs readings...(yes it is quite amazing that i have finished the readings... still behind the readings for all the rest of the modules...)

well i just found out about what mircosoft did and how stupid some decisions can be... okie the readings was regarding how the state can prevent monopolies and hence "save" the consumer a ton of money...

haha... they found that mircosoft was indeed monopolising the market... but the dumbest thing was what they decided had to be done to solve the problem... the courts required mircosoft to fork out a billion dollars worth of computers and computer software for public schools... well well well... do you see the problem with this? i guess the people who decided this did not... they unitentionally expanded mircosoft's hold on the market share... computers donated by mircosoft will obviously be run with a windows operating system... and all the kids will then purchase windows based systems and software when they get their own systems at home because they are used to it and it's compatable with the programmes in school...

okie... just wanted to blog something...