Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 14:13:25 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Subjctive views of the world (was: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit") Message-ID: <000001bf3212$222392a0$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <19991118170326.20876@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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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. Seeing as I'm the only person in this thread who has cited even a single reference to back up his claims, this amounts to little more than whining. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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