This thought has been brewing in my head for a while. Is MS’s “monopoly” and “domination” a bad thing? Many people get upset when MS releases new products: XBox was MS abusing it’s position, or so I’ve heard many times.

The majority of “anti-MS” people seem to really have one major concern: competition. They really want competition. Anything which vaguely smells of stifling competition is, apparently, a bad thing.

By and large I agree. It’s one of the reason I’m a real proponent of minority governments. But that’s for another day, and not on this blog ;-)

Anyways, getting back to the point, I’ve been wondering if it’s a bad thing for MS to enter entirely new markets with the “goal” of dominating it.

I use the word “dominating” loosely. I don’t mean doing anything unethical, I simply mean that they create a better product for the sake of competition (and money, obviously).

For instance, voice recognition.

If MS enters that market, and manages to dominate (ethically); it will be good for consumers because they will get a better product in the end. It would definitely increase my productivity.

Now, I’m not talking the big dreams of dominating the living room, really. I’m talking about things that affect people’s day to day lives, and mean real productivity and, gosh, pleasure.

Agh, what am I talking about, these are all dreams. And not very realistic ones. Plus, I’ll probably be burned for saying I want MS to extend their reach. Really I don’t care who does it as long as I can get decent products that help me, work properly and aren’t written by companies who’ll die in 3 years.