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To: SeekAndFind

“The only new thing I’m waiting for really is for APPLE to overcome Microsoft to become the dominant PC OS in the industry.

I wouldn’t hold my breath, as long as the only place you can get MacOS is on a Mac computer bought from Apple. The marketplace likes choices and competition.


25 posted on 07/06/2010 1:31:39 PM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: -YYZ-
I wouldn’t hold my breath, as long as the only place you can get MacOS is on a Mac computer bought from Apple. The marketplace likes choices and competition.

IBM tried it with the PS/2 and Microchannel. They soon found that they couldn't get government cotracts because the specs said no sole-source hardware components could be used. That's why they licensed Microchannel to Tandy. It got them around the sole-source restriction without introducing any real competition.

No company wants to get into a position of being dependent on a single hardware vendor for their mission critical systems.

32 posted on 07/06/2010 2:06:37 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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