On 2/15/10 18:04 , CKoerner wrote:
@casper : Good story. You tried some products, they didn't meet all
your needs, you switched to other products. Perfect example. If
something doesn't meet you need, choose something else. Apple is a
company, they make products, it fits or doesn't fit your needs/
desires. You use it or use something else. Done. But comparing
Microsofts situation to Apples, no. Apple has no monopoly, a big
share in one section of the mobile phone market sure, but no monopoly.
There are two things: first, I believe that all the Apple bashers agree
with me, that it's also a cultural fact. Debating publicly and raising
the point is a way to contribute preventing Apple to turn into a
monopoly (let's recall that most people consider the current market
pretty fluid and Apple is the only sure player of the future - if other
made big mistakes, it could turn up to be a monopoly).
Second, I'd like to recall that UE *heavily* fined Microsoft for the
*default* installation of IExplorer and Windows Player, in a product
(Windows) where anyway you could install another browser (and make it
primary) in a few clicks. Please explain me where's the difference with
the fact that I can't install e.g. FireFox or Safari on the iPhone (of
course, it's different, it's worse!).
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