On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Richard Pieri <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/3/2015 5:16 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: >> >> It must be nice to live in such a simple world. No complications. > > > No. Someone made a claim. I say if "someone" cannot back up the claim with > proof then the claim is most likely spurious.
I think it very much depends on the nature of the claim. Some claims are much more likely to be true than others. The specific claim was one that companies have been known to do in the past and are similar to one that Microsoft has previously engaged in. In particular, they are known to have told hardware vendors that selling machines without operating systems would result in them having to pay higher prices for Microsoft OSes. i.e. Using their market dominance to make it difficult for other software even get a foot in the door. While that doesn't prove that the statement is true, it suggests that it is at least plausible. And to me that makes it not spurious. Of course, your mileage may vary. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
