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 Sep 5 2006, 08:48 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune...  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272  |
QUOTE Microsoft isn't doing anything illegal by making software/windows incompatible with MacOS/PPC. That would be like nailing a gas company because their unleaded doesn't work with diesel cars. What Windows did was unfairly use its favorable position in the OS market by bundling iexplore with Windows and make it work more efficiently with windows QUOTE(mipadi @ Sep 5 2006, 8:38 PM)  The Microsoft-Apple analogy isn't very sound. Microsoft is a hardware company, whereas Apple is a hardware company. Apple is in competition with companies like Dell, not Microsoft. I still think this would definitely be a case of Wal-Mart using its market dominance to unfairly manipulate the market. It's definitely unfair business practices. Shows what I know about Microsoft/technology industry then, huh. Haha. (I think you mean software for Microsoft, Michael, but I got the idea). Actually, I don't even know all that much about iTunes either. Therefore, I bow to the techie gurus. Back to Wal-Mart then, where I feel a little safer. It is definitely hostile business practices, but not enough to justify calling Wal-Mart a monopoly. Yea, okay, I'm done. |
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| *kryogenix* |
Sep 5 2006, 09:47 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Sep 5 2006, 9:38 PM) The Microsoft-Apple analogy isn't very sound. Microsoft is a hardware company, whereas Apple is a hardware company. Apple is in competition with companies like Dell, not Microsoft. I still think this would definitely be a case of Wal-Mart using its market dominance to unfairly manipulate the market. It's definitely unfair business practices. Ummm, did you mean something else here? |
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Sep 5 2006, 09:48 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
Software, ain't it?
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| *kryogenix* |
Sep 5 2006, 10:23 PM
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QUOTE(Spirited Away @ Sep 5 2006, 10:48 PM) Software, ain't it? Well, it could be switched for either. Microsoft does make some hardware, not the least of which is the Xbox 360. Apple makes software as well. |
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| *mipadi* |
Sep 6 2006, 12:06 AM
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Sorry, sometimes my brain gets ahead of my typing. It should read:
The Microsoft-Apple analogy isn't very sound. Microsoft is a software company, whereas Apple is a hardware company. Apple is in competition with companies like Dell, not Microsoft. The point is that Microsoft and Apple aren't actually competitors; Apple makes most of its money from hardware, not software. The software is just icing on the cake. |
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