From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 22 13: 6:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C9414A0E for ; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:06:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr01.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA00035; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:04:03 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr01.primenet.com(206.165.6.201) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAClaaJ6; Mon Nov 22 14:03:55 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA26554; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:04:11 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199911222104.OAA26554@usr01.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit" To: davids@webmaster.com (David Schwartz) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 21:04:11 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org, crh@outpost.co.nz, chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <001e01bf31f2$02c70fb0$021d85d1@youwant.to> from "David Schwartz" at Nov 18, 99 10:23:28 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > Is it possible for company to cause the adoption of lesser > > > technology purely by business/marketing tactics? > > > > Yes. It required the ability to wield what is called "monopolistic > > power" in the marketplace. If you can wield this power, you can > > subvert normal free-market pressures, and by subverting, ignore them. > > Then why is it that not one single clear example of this has ever been > found? This must be some extreme usage of the word "possible". I don't understand what you mean; do you mean "has ever been found by David"? I can cite many examples. I also don't understand whether you are referring to the wielding of monopolistic power, or the adoption of a lesser technology. I can cite many examples of either, if you would clarify what it is you are talking about. Thanks, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message