Re: [dvd-discuss] Fwd: Bush taps Clarke as CyberdefenseChief

[Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>]

I don't believe it's nessisarily inherent to monopoly.  We -could- have a
monopoly because the products were gunuinely better.  We just -don't-.

 -- noah silva 

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org wrote:

> The problem with allowing a monopoly is that not only are there no 
> alternatives but that they stiffle, smother, purchase and ultimately 
> destroy any possible one. (Step 1) Also, since the monopoly has no 
> competition, ultimately everybody gets unacceptable junk. Step 2. WRT to 
> Windows, we are clearly in step 2 right now. 
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> Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com>
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> 10/16/01 07:04 AM
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> On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org wrote:
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> > Now Betty, who is my mother, uses a mac. WRT to your Aunt Betty not 
> > demanding something better, what's the alternative for the PC? Microsoft 
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> > has a monopoly.....and the government isn't doing much about it right 
> now 
> > other than letting microsoft screw around and waste time.
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> <veering slightly off topic...>
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> My point isn't about wether there are alternatives at all.  To me, some
> things are acceptible, some things aren't.  If every time you drove
> somewhere in your car, there was a 25% chance it would fail, I wouldn't be
> caught dead in a car.  Since the chance is much smaller, it is
> acceptable.  If every time I use a PC, there's a large chance it will
> crash and lose my work, I won't use it most of the time.  Without being a
> computer expert, I think people should still be able to look at something
> and say "this is reasonable" or "this isn't reasonable".  My girlfriend's
> dad bought a computer around last X-mas with Win ME.  It seriously could
> not stay running for more than an hour or two at a time without having
> serious problems.  Maybe it was the computer itself, but I doubt it.  Even
> if the car was the best thing we had, I would say 25% failure rate is
> still too high, and I would still complain.
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>  -- noah silva 
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