Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 22:35:43 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <000a01c17ab0$266fabd0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <000301c17a40$8fc78dc0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com><010d01c17a44$98b491e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com><3C08A204.3CA7014C@mindspring.com><002e01c17a5f$f2b34040$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com><000c01c17a7c$4de06710$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15369.53.739857.967952@guru.mired.org>
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Mike writes: > On the other hand, I can see where Microsofts > business practices have cost me money. No more so than a jillion other companies. When you buy a recent PC with a genuine Intel processor, for example, you give several hundred dollars of pure profit to Intel. > In Microsofts case, their basis for their monopoly > was telling IBM they had something they didn't, > then turning around and buying it from someone > else for a fraction of it's real value. No, that is ancient history, and no longer has any effect on Microsoft's position today. Apple had much greater advantages at one time, and that didn't prevent it from practically going bankrupt. > That put them in a position of dominance, and > they have been using that position illegally > ever since. No. There is absolutely no way that something that trivial can have more than the most ephemeral effect in the IT industry. Even a huge advantage may mean nothing six months down the road. You have to make good decisions every day, or you lose. Much of the perceived competitiveness of Microsoft comes from their understanding of this reality. You cannot sit on your laurels in IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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