On the monopoly issue, I agree with you. It's a shame that the DoJ watered down their ruling so that it amounted to little more than a slap on the wrist. (Makes you wonder why? But that's a different conspiracy theory:). Maybe the EU will do something more effective?

I wonder if Apple, and Sony, and DELL and a raft of smaller players aren't moving in the same direction? I'm not a lover of government intervention in business, it usually just creates red-tape and costs that we consumers have to bear, but maybe it will take action and legislation by governments to sort out these issues in the modern world.

As for your "quality of life". Is that any more important (other than to you), than that of all those who's quality of life would be severely curtailed if they couldn't use their computers to conduct their lives as they currently do?

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In reply to Re^8: Perl 6 Module manager by BrowserUk
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