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   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
   ZnU wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Chris Ahlstrom  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Apple's iPad definitely has changed that, and Android is helping seed an   
   >> even bigger tablet market.  If Microsoft had been ready, they'd be actively   
   >> co-opting it right now.   
   >   
   > I still don't understand how you this "co-opting" works. You seem to   
   > believe that Microsoft has some ability to introduce products that   
   > nobody really wants to buy, and force people to buy them anyway. What   
   > mechanism do they use? And if they have such an ability, why have their   
   > efforts met with so little success in so many markets (music players,   
   > online music sales, search engines, smartphones, etc.) over the years?   
      
   ZnU, you should know I am talking about the consumer computer market.   
      
   Nothing more.   
      
   And the history of Microsoft's dominance in this market is quite clear, and   
   has been litigated at length.   
      
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