vic102482
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Upper Marlboro, MD | So you cant sell products in the stores???? I should sue because my xbox controller doesnt work on sony? I dont get it. | |
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 krobar
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join:2002-09-15
Columbus, OH | Re: So you cant sell products in the stores???? This'd be more like buying an xbox that only works with XBox Live and not the EA Network. 
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lazarus_
join:2002-08-31
Resolute, NU
1 edit | said by vic102482  :
I should sue because my xbox controller doesnt work on sony? I dont get it.
Umm actually its like selling you a generic DSL or Cable modem that is loaded with a firmware that only works with the crappiest ISP in your area. And later on when you decide to change ISP you cant use your generic locked modem because its only usable on your original ISP's network. Sounds like Vonage is trying to act like a cell phone network and try and stop people from wandering to competitors.. If thats the case, I'm sure smart people wont want to have anything to do w/ this company since they will probably be bad news in the near future..
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 | VirtualLarry
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join:2003-08-01
| Re: So you cant sell products in the stores???? said by BosstonesOwn :
This is the repercussions of what happens when every company goes after microsoft. Now every company thinks it has the right to sue over anti competitive practices.
Nintendo and Sega were both sued over anti-competitive practises before MS, I think.
What's sad is, that the gov't itself isn't the one initiating these suits in the first place, which they should be, rather leaving the onus upon the relatively un-monied consumer to pursue the legal action.
I guess the question is, is this "Vonage-only" VoIP jack in the back of the router, considered an anti-competitive lock-out, like the lock-out chip in the old 8-bit Nintendo console was? I sincerely hope it gets tried by a jury trial.
PS. My old SMC 7004VBR's new firmware, changed the support for dynamic DNS, from a couple of providers to only one provider, probably based on a business transaction between them and SMC.
Personally, I wouldn't mind some pro-competetive anti-exclusionary regulation over the VoIP market. You know things are going to get ugly and proprietary before they are going to get easy and interoperable by consumers, right? This is only the first wave. | |
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