From: noemail@basdxcqvbe.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:12:09 -0700 (PDT)   
   Joe Monk  wrote:   
      
   > > Manufacturers don't speak with one voice.   
   > >   
   > No, but the market does. It's called buying power. If they don't buy   
   > your product, you die.   
   >   
   > > Fortunately IBM are not the only manufacturer of mainframes,   
   > > and the people on IBM-MAIN are not the only customers of   
   > > mainframes.   
   >   
   > They are these days. But guess what ... they still listen to and   
   > respond to/are driven by their customers, aka the market.   
   >   
      
   Why do you not understand that his OS is a market of one? (for now)   
   He has no customers, no users (except himself).   
      
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