<OT> A bad day in Redmond

[David A. Bandel]

On 9/18/07, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/18/07, Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
> > Just something to think about.  MS's domination is
> > slowly fading. IHMO, having the courts jump in reminds
> > me too much of the legal battles in the past over cars
> > and steel. Younger people won't remember, and perhaps
> > can't imagine, that a few US firms dominated those
> > industries. The marketplace settled those issues much more
> > effectively than the courts.
>
> Except that you're confusing market dominance with a monopoly.  There
> were (the big) 3 auto companies, not one.  There were several (US)
> large steel companies, which were put out of business by significantly
> cheaper foreign steel.  I'm afraid that your example doesn't really
> hold any weight.
>

Besides which, in those days the average American understood cars.
The average American today is clueless about computers and operating
systems.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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