Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 21:04:11 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: davids@webmaster.com (David Schwartz) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org, crh@outpost.co.nz, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit" Message-ID: <199911222104.OAA26554@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <001e01bf31f2$02c70fb0$021d85d1@youwant.to> from "David Schwartz" at Nov 18, 99 10:23:28 am
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> > > 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". I don't understand what you mean; do you mean "has ever been found by David"? I can cite many examples. I also don't understand whether you are referring to the wielding of monopolistic power, or the adoption of a lesser technology. I can cite many examples of either, if you would clarify what it is you are talking about. Thanks, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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