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CASE SETTLED: JUSTICE TO BREAK UP APPLE FOR TURNING MICROSOFT INTO MONOPOLY
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Posted on 11/02/2001 6:18:39 AM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: Victoria Delsoul; dead; Texaggie79; TomServo
bling
To: sirgawain
LOL
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posted on
11/02/2001 6:22:53 AM PST
by
Slyfox
To: sirgawain
I love this! LOL! In our crazy world, this could be true!
To: sirgawain
Great headline. lol
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posted on
11/02/2001 6:27:47 AM PST
by
spoosman
To: Bitwhacker
To: sirgawain
LOL!
Fits nicely with the "root causes" crowd at the moment!
To: sirgawain; CheneyChick
Y'all just hang loose...
Steve's Reality Distortion Field should kick in any day now...
= )
and...regarding that stupid iPod....should I buy the iPod for $400 and spend 20 mins loading new music ONLY if I'm in front of my computer... or one of the new 'diskman' cd players for $70 that can play mp3 cd's and be loaded in 3 seconds....
To: CheneyChick; bwteim; Senator Pardek; Vermonter; ThinkDifferent; BunnySlippers; big'ol_freeper...
Uh-oh.
Flat Earth fault lines are showing again. Old World vs. New.
To: KneelBeforeZod
I'm going with the
FireWire iPod that will load approx 100 CD's or 1000 songs in under 10 minutes and will fit in my pocket. And by the way, it will also double as a 5 GB FireWire HD for any other docs or files I need to carry around with me. Get your
FACTS straight.
To: sirgawain
VERY good! Has anyone here read "Hackers" by Stephen Levy?
It's a wonderful read that documents how we got the hardware we use today, starting in labs back in the late 40's at MIT, Cambridge, and Stanford. It covers the start of most of today's hardware/software giants and almost giants.
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To: CheneyChick
yeah OK, so then.... its worth $400? I still can't change the files unless the computer is right there. And not all macs have IEEE 1394.
And 10 minutes is THEIR claim at optimum speeds...
There are tools for carrying around 5 gigs of files, they're called laptops. some even carry 30 gigs of files.
I might get a mac though. Circuit city has a bunch of them, you can bring in a trash bag and fit as many as you can in the bag for 99 cents.
(you must be able to close the top of the bag, no choosing, limited to stock on hand)
To: KneelBeforeZod
Microsoft has officially lost the court case! They are now prevented from using illegal contracts to control the market.
For the first time in it's history, Microsoft will actually have to compete in the marketplace!
Instead of just getting lawyers bribe or threaten distributors, they'll actually have to compete.
This should be an interesting thread . . .
To: sirgawain
lol - bump...
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posted on
11/02/2001 7:12:44 AM PST
by
TomServo
To: KneelBeforeZod
There are tools for carrying around 5 gigs of files, they're called laptops. some even carry 30 gigs of files.Would those cost more or less than $400?
Gotcha!
Think different.
Or just think?
To: Dominic Harr
just wait til red hat hits the stores! I bet their stock will be worth
hundreds per share, and given a choice people will dump windows like a bad habit.
or not. AOL being the number one ISP says a lot...
To: Sabertooth
why would anyone need to carry 5 gigs of files? for work? too good for jpegs, so everything is a tif file? if someone works where they have to buy their own computer then its time to get a new job.
We have about 20 Sparq stations sitting upstairs by the NOC...come by after dark, and I'll give everyone a loading dock discount...
To: KneelBeforeZod
! I bet their stock will be worth hundreds per share, and given a choice people will dump windows like a bad habit. The real battle is the distributors like Gateway and Dell.
Microsoft controlled the OS market the same way that the RIAA companies control the Music market -- restrictive contracts that punish and sometimes actually prevent distributors who offer consumers competing products.
Those contracts are now officially unenforcable.
Microsoft has never won an actual competitive battle at the retail level. They've always used control of the distribution channels.
It just might be a whole new world in the software biz!
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