>Tom's comment had been in reply to a discussion of multiple >incompatible phone systems. It is well documented that MS >has fostered their incompatible systems in an attempt to gain >advantage. This is a frequent subject for analysis in economics >texts. It was entirely appropriate for Tom to bring it up as a >parallel example to the phone systems, but it was wrong for >him to attribute a significant proportion of US business' >behavior to the following of MS' example. This has been going >on for much longer than MS has been any kind of power.
I remember from my high school history class, one of the dates I had to memorize was for the introduction of rifles made with interchangeable parts. Yes, interoperability is that important. I have since forgotten the date. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
