On 6/20/2012 11:39 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:49 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 6/19/2012 8:32 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >>> Surface: Microsoft, What the Hell is Wrong With You? >>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/surface-microsoft-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you/20599 >> >> >> As this article points out in the beginning: isn't this just a return >> to the arguments for monopoly? If not, then the arguments for labeling >> them a monopoly before were bullshit too. ??? >> >> That's the very first thing I thought when learning they were getting >> into the hardware business. Sheesh. > --------------------- > > I don't see how M$ trying to do the hardware biz a monopoly otherwise > what do you say about Apple in their device markets?
That's my point, Steve. You remember M$ being blasted for "monopolistic behavior" and probably also think it was hogwash (well, except for the shit they did to DR-DOS...which M$ was obviously guilty as hell), but including their browser on shipped computers wasn't much different than Apple's way of doing things today, is it? (Not being a Mac guy, I don't know.) > > M$ got stung badly with Vista because drivers were not as good as > expected around the time of the release. So would you posit that the vendors screwed M$ moreso in that case? > > This may make it better for them to present a complete system instead > of just a software product. Maybe they may suck at this and fail > miserably also? :) Risk and reward are a hard life. True. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
