Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!

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From: i... Ian Lynch
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:00

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fory...@onramp.net (Charles Forsythe) wrote:

> I could have a choice of engines in my car.  I'm not, so I get the one
> that GM put in it.

But the crux of the difference is that competition and variety of
solution is seen as a good thing in the automobile industry whereas
there is a large contingent in the computer industry that thinks
choice and diversity is a bad thing, hence the marketing power of the
phrase industry standard. Analogies about cars and betamax vs VHS have
some severe limitations in the context of IT.

--
Ian

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From: i...@ianlynch.demon.co.uk (Ian Lynch)
Subject: Re: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!
Date: 1997/01/25
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