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Re: Suggestion for Breaking Microsoft's Monopoly
de Eugene Esterly III 05/29/2006 10:38
badgolferman wrote:
> socrtwo, 5/29/2006,3:54:23 PM, wrote:
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> > I still think Winodws and MS Office should be open source. They are
> > monopolies and this is illegal in the US.
>
> They are not monopolies. There are viable alternatives available. If
> they make a product that people want then they will take market share
> away from Microsoft. IBM was the monster at one time and they lost
> their market share.
>
> This is called capitalism. If you don't like it there are alternatives
> elsewhere.
I have to agree with the above statement. The USA is a capitalist
society & the main thing in business is that you have to give the
customers what they want or they will go to your competitiors. The main
reason why most computer software companies go bust isn't because of
companies such as Microsoft, IBM, et al, it is because they want to sit
on their rears & not add new features & innovations to their software.
Some companies want the money to come in but they don't want to listen
to the customers, et al.