On 12 Jun 2003 02:14:52 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 01:57, Miark wrote: > > On 11 Jun 2003 06:36:51 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > it's too bad they won't just "start from scratch" and > > > create something clean, unbloated, productive and useful instead of > > > sucking in the entire marketplace with bloat, unwanted and unnecessary > > > features, eye-candy and forced usage. > > > > Too bad? How is that too bad :-) > > > > Miark > > Because they COULD create a really nice product - giving linux REAL > competition - but that won't happen. Having two really great OS's makes > for great competition, and brings out the "dark horses"... Not when one of the OSes is Windows. If M$ started doing good work, it would propel their monopoly indefinitely. Ya, we'd have great work and less reason to look elsewhere, but it really would eliminate any competition. The only way to have competition is to first eliminate the monopoly, and for that reason, M$'s sloth and incompetence is good thing because they're working to eliminate themselves. Miark
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