“We have to work on our reputation for security in the marketplace.”

Salon.com Technology | Microsoft says penalty will let hackers run wild

Many Microsoft witnesses, including Chairman Bill Gates, say that Microsoft is unable to make a modular Windows because the different features — like the Internet browser and media player — are dependent on each other.

This is a contrived limitation, as I hope the judge realizes. Analogous comparisons are easy to come up with: one of the big automakers claiming their cars won’t run correctly without their own brand of audio equipment comes to mind.
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