Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 17:03:26 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: crh@outpost.co.nz, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Subjctive views of the world (was: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit") Message-ID: <19991118170326.20876@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <001e01bf31f2$02c70fb0$021d85d1@youwant.to>; from David Schwartz on Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 10:23:28AM -0800 References: <199911181753.KAA15939@usr02.primenet.com> <001e01bf31f2$02c70fb0$021d85d1@youwant.to>
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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
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