County Forum Questions

Robert Bushman plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 8 Jul 2002 07:17:09 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 nuclear-cowboy@cox.net wrote:

> Just a small nitpick here: Actually MS was found guilty i.e. convicted of abusing it's monopoly power by a Federal District Court, and this was upheld by the Federal Court of Appeals. The DOJ just prosecuted the case. ;-)
>

Now reads as follows. Thanks!

> Multisourcing
> -------------
> Single sourcing products means accepting several risks,
> including the risk that the single source will become abusive.
> Recently, Microsoft was found guilty
> of abusing its monopoly power.
> What efforts are being made to mitigate
> Maricopa County's dependance on a single source which
> has been found guilty of abusing dependant customers?