On Sun, 24 Jun 07 11:16:37 GMT, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>We may moan about Microsoft today, but compared to the vendors of >>the early eighties they are pusscats. > >They have the power to make such a mess that everybody who doesn't >use the gear will also be affected.
I suspect some of Microsoft's monopoly power will end up being like the cable companies' monopoly power - bypassed by a changing technology and marketplace. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
