From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 2/23/26 09:51, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 2/23/26 9:46 AM, DFS wrote:   
   >> On 2/23/2026 8:11 AM, chrisv wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "[chrisv] refueses to realize that MS & Apple weren't ever the only   
   >>> OSs out there:"  -  lying asshole "-hh", lying shamelessly   
   >>   
   >> Only you are lying, asshole.   
   >>   
   >> You called Microsoft Windows a "monopoly" hundreds of times.   
   >>   
   >> FU   
   >   
   >   
   > Windows is a monopoly but so is macOS, any proprietary OS is a monopoly   
   > because it's impossible to 100% make a compatible system, Wine has done   
   > a good job of trying to do that, but it comes up short inevitably   
   > because it will never keep the pace with M$ itself.  GNU/Linux, OTOH, is   
   > compatible with other Unix-like systems.   
   >   
      
   Unfortunately, that isn't the definition of a monopoly.   
      
   Monopolies:   
      
   * Exclusive Control: company controls a good or service in a specific   
   market, typically with no close substitutes.   
      
   * Market Power (similar to "deep moat"): has significantly influence   
   market prices, & limiting competitor entry.   
      
   * Market Share:  having very large share (often over 50%) is generally   
   considered to have monopoly power.   
      
   Of these, Windows comes the closest, but being a monopoly isn't illegal   
   in of itself: it is to exploit that monopoly power for undue gain.   
      
      
   -hh   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)