Rshermr
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No con worth his own salt will ever admit that monopoly is a bad thing. So instead, we deal with really, really inferior software as compared with what we could have, at higher prices, than we do today.
Nonsense. First of all, there was certainly no monopoly, you said yourself, there were all these other companies producing software. You've neutered your own propaganda. Furthermore, there are other softwares available at a higher price, just pop down to the Apple store!
But now... we're getting away from the topic. Where is the example of a Socialist OS and software to rival Microsoft or Apple? What? There isn't one? You mean, some socialist entrepreneur never rolled out anything to compete with the greedy capitalist pigs?
Wow. I am surprised that a self expressed ceo that you do not know that there is no such thing as a pure, or complete, monopoly in the us, with the exception of a few specific cases of "natural monopolies". So of course microsoft could not be a true monopoly. It would be, you see, Boss, ILLEGAL. So, you probably need to go educate yourself to understand. See if you can use the google to look up monopoly, natural monopoly, and most importantly, MONOPOLY POWER. Then if you wanted to get an actual clue, you could look up what antitrust legislation is (was) about.
But then, Boss, you always pass the Koch test in every issue. All I have to do to understand what you would say about an issue, is think what the Koch interests would be. And there you are. Smack on every time.
Other softwares?? The plural of software is software. But no, you see, if you are working with an apple, and you want word processing or spreadsheet, you will be buying Microsoft word or excel. That is how things happen when you kill the small companies. They can not afford the cost to develop for another and much less prevalent os. But then, any ceo should recognize that. Just think about it for a minute.
Relative to what the other countries are doing, (funny you seem to think they are all socialist countries. They do not. But then, they do not think they are ceo's either). The laptop users are mostly MS Windows. The simple truth is, if you are a developer, you must develop for the largest market. That means the US, and since most foreign companies deal with the US, they tend to use whatever the US uses. Word files open on both sides of the pond, excel files the same.
So, now I am getting beyond my knowledge. I know that never bothers you, but it does me. So I will move over for someone more technical and up to date. Last time I knew, unix was big in europe, and Linux was growing fast. Are there european companies making computers and software. Jesus, now there is another really profound question. The answer is yes, boss, there are european sw and hw makers.. Again, you may want to try the google. Then you could ask an actual rational question. And perhaps you would not sound so much like someone following the Koch's around with your nose stuck firmly up their ass.
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