From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 18 14: 4:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from yana.lemis.com (yana.lemis.com [192.109.197.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5179C15193 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 14:04:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com) Received: from mojave.sitaranetworks.com (mojave.sitaranetworks.com [199.103.141.157]) by yana.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA25375; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 08:34:06 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com) Message-ID: <19991118170326.20876@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 17:03:26 -0500 From: Greg Lehey To: David Schwartz , Terry Lambert , Jonathon McKitrick Cc: crh@outpost.co.nz, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Subjctive views of the world (was: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit") Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <199911181753.KAA15939@usr02.primenet.com> <001e01bf31f2$02c70fb0$021d85d1@youwant.to> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <001e01bf31f2$02c70fb0$021d85d1@youwant.to>; from David Schwartz on Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 10:23:28AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thursday, 18 November 1999 at 10:23:28 -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > >>> 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". A good question. We've found them. When you say (paraphrased) "why has no example been found?", I have to assume you mean "why have I not seen one?". I can't answer that question. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message