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   Hadron stated in post igd2el$ace$3@news.eternal-september.org on 1/9/11   
   12:31 PM:   
      
   > Snit  writes:   
   >   
   >> Chris Ahlstrom stated in post igcqh3$b9c$2@news.eternal-september.org on   
   >> 1/9/11 10:18 AM:   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> You did not answer the question.   
   >>   
   >> Let me give a specific example.  If there are two netbooks on a shelf - one   
   >> with Linux and one with Windows, and the Linux one is much cheaper (no OS   
   >> license and lower hardware requirements) what can MS do to stop someone from   
   >> buying the Linux one?  And since the OEMs would make *more* money from the   
   >> Linux one, what stops them from selling and marketing them?   
   >>   
   >> The answer: demand.  Or lack thereof.   
   >   
   > How can he answer when the mealy mouthed weenie wont even read the post?   
      
   Correction: he will *claim* that.   
      
   > Surely you know by now that ALL Ahlstrom does is whine and suck up. He   
   > will say ANYTHING to get a pat of a doggy drop from the "advocates". He   
   > sense of self worth is almost non existent.   
   >   
   > Considering he is a closed source windows programmer I find it amazing   
   > that he spends his entire working day posting to COLA about how crap   
   > Windows is and how evil MS are. He was even boasting about his   
   > considerable Windows related income not so long ago.   
   >   
      
      
      
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