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Re: Microslosh vision of the future
From: "David Howe" <DaveHowe () gmx co uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:59:45 +0100
at Monday, August 12, 2002 2:17 AM, David Schwartz <davids () webmaster com> was seen to say:
Microsoft can have whatever vision of the future they want and can use any resources at their disposal to bring their vision to light. Everybody has that right.
Nope, monopolies don't - the rules for a monopoly are tighter for the very good reason the customer *can't* go somewhere else, he has to decide to buy from them or go without (and in a world where not accepting MS-formatted documents can lock you out of contracts you need to keep in business, the pressure to go with the crowd is very high indeed. There *is* a gun pointed at their head, but it is financial (and smoking :)
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- Re: Microslosh vision of the future, (continued)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Alif The Terrible (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future blitz (Aug 11)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future David Schwartz (Aug 11)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Vadim Antonov (Aug 11)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future David Schwartz (Aug 11)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future blitz (Aug 11)
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- Re: Microslosh vision of the future blitz (Aug 11)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Brad Knowles (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future gg (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Eric A. Hall (Aug 13)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Vadim Antonov (Aug 11)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future David Howe (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future William Warren (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future David Howe (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Brad Knowles (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Karsten W. Rohrbach (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Curtis Maurand (Aug 14)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Karsten W. Rohrbach (Aug 14)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future blitz (Aug 12)
- Re: Microslosh vision of the future Jim Segrave (Aug 12)