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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:59:23 GMT
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> It has competitors, and effective ones at that. MS is dominant in certain
> market segments but since there are few or no barriers to entry other than
> MS competence at making good product, the net result of MS dominance (not
> monopoly) is that we pay less for OS and app than we would without them.
Pardon me? Operating Systems didn't cost a cent before Microsoft entered the
game ...
> Before everyone says MS is trash... whatever. Get over yourself. Consider
> the alternatives. Windows, Word, eXcel and explorer are superior products
> that have served us exceedingly well. Bugs and all.
So, Windows is a better OS than others in the marketplace, Word is better
than all other word processing apps, Excel is better than Lotus 1-2-3,
Internet Explorer not a piece of fatware not conforming to the standards it
is supposed to?
> In fact, you inadvertantly raise a connected but dissimilar point. MS did
> *not* get any government assistance! And voila... look what happened.
Yes, indeed, it leaves me breathless how people would want to use such a
system without being forced. Which is why I think they ARE being forced
> Industries that get the least "assistance" and the least regulation and the
> least shielding from big nasty competitors tend to produce the best stuff
> with the fastest growth and make the most money for all concerned.
Well, I have to agree on "make the most money" even though I don't fully
understand how they deserve it ...
> Arguably the internet revolution bubble burst at least in part because of
> the Clinton DOJ going after MS, and the rumbles about taxing internet
> transactions (well, maybe 20% of it is due to that, ...
I would guess even less. It may have influenced WHEN the burst happened, but
not much more than that.
:wq
Horst (who is a bit behind in reading news ...)
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| (...) Did you want me to dig up a price sheet for OS/370 circa 1976? It wasn't free. It cost more than you or I make. UNIX System V wasn't free. BSD was never free (California taxpayers and DARPA paid for it) Or did you mean PC operating systems? (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) MS is not a monopoly. It has competitors, and effective ones at that. MS is dominant in certain market segments but since there are few or no barriers to entry other than MS competence at making good product, the net result of MS dominance (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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