On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:16:17 -0400 Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. got hold of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
> I do not think it is so much that M$ is unable to produce a decent OS as > much as it is that they have no motivation to do so. Their business model > is targeted to selling units of the product. The faster a new version is > 'ready' for sale, the more units that can be sold. Waitaminnit! Monopoly Capitalism *encourages* innovation and better design, don't it??!! Well, except for the internal combustion engine (obsolete 50 years ago) and of course nuclear power, which costs more to produce than it generates. Other than that and the worst gap between rich and poor in the history of the world, it's the bee's knee's! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The struggle between people and capital is now an epic struggle between life and death." -- Vandana Shiva, World Social Forum, January 16, 2004
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