August 29, 2001
Scot Hacker on Byte.com: He Who Controls the Bootloader. Yeah, he starts out talking about BeOS, which may or may not be of interest to you. But keep on, because he eventually makes a point that's bugged me for a long time.
It's always bothered me how the antitrust lawsuit seemed to focus on the browser wars. I believe that integration of the browser with the OS (or really, I guess, with the file manager) is a competitive advantage. Hell, I love it in KDE.
No, the real problem is Microsoft's abusing their monopoly on the desktop by strong-arming OEMs with license agreements that forbid offering a choice between a Microsoft OS and another OS as a boot option. And the DOJ dropped the ball.
