ese penalties look to put an end to all of Microsofts evil practices, some people think that they are not harsh enough.On one side of the issue, there are the people who feel that Microsoft should be left alone. I am one of these people, feeling that Microsoft does more good than bad, thus not necessitating their breakup. I feel this way for many reasons, and until Microsoft does something terribly wrong or illegal, my opinion will stay this way.With Microsoft creating the standards for the rest of the computer industry, they are able to create better standards and build them much faster than if an outside organization or committees were to create them. With these standards set, other companies area able to create their applications and other products that much faster, and better, and thus the customers receive that much better of a product.Take for instance the current effort to develop the Digital VideoDisc (DVD) standard. DVDs are compact discs that are capable of storing 4900 megabytes of information as opposed to the 650 megabytes that can be stored on a CD-ROM disc now.For this reason, DVDs have enormous possibilities in both the computer industry and in the movie industry. For about the last year, companies such as Sony, Mitsubishi, and other prominent electronics manufacturers have been trying to decide on a set of standards for the DVD format. Unfortunately, these standards meetings have gone nowhere. Many companies have broken off in different directions, trying to develop their own standards. In the end, there wont be one, definite standard, but instead many standards all of which are very different from one another. Consumers will be forced to make a decision on which standard to choose, and if they pick the wrong one they could be stuck down the road with a DVD player that is worthless. Had only one company set the standards, much like Microsoft has in the software business, there wouldnt be the confusion that arose, and th...
