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In article <32c99c82...@news.demon.co.uk>,
rob...@fordrjk.demon.co.uk (Robert Ford) wrote:


> So  you are saying that there will only ever be one top entity
of each sort?

No, that's not what I said.  What I said was that if the number
two entity doesn't maintain equal competitiveness, then it will
be a distant number two.


> How come that other companies even bother if this is a natural
> law? It would help if you could define your idea of competitiveness -
> for me it consists of a lot more than what you seem to think,
> otherwise why would anyone ever bother to make computers knowing that
> IBM is in the game?

Go to an economics class and learn about market niches.


> What has this to do with anything? A strong female could defeat a puny
> male, eg Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King. So what?

So what??  You response indicates that you are really out of
sync with the point of the example.


> The only large company I know which has roughly equal female
> management and is led by a female is the Body Shop, which is doing
> very nicely, thank you very much.

So, you pointed out a rare exception to a general rule.  I already
conceded that there are such rare exceptions.


> Also, it seems to me - and many
> others - that my country was much better led by Margaret Thatcher
> than the wimp who runs it now.

Well, anyone who is quick to point out matters of opinion will
point to the assertion above!

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