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Microsoft is the example
this is exactly why Microsoft is very dangerous to the progress of IT and software industry. The industry must adopt open standards that do not belong to a vendor so they can break out of the monopoly trap.

With so many addicts and brainwashed Microsoft advocates to protect their monopoly, all MS has to do is use it's financial wealth to attack its competitors (Linux and open source). But money can't buy intelligence. Look at Longhorn (Vista), nothing but fluff, vaporware and marketing. Only suckers will fall for it.
Posted by: IT-sys   Posted on: 07/27/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Microsoft is the example  IT-sys | 07/27/05
Decimal points  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
So your point is the people that invented it make a buck?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Not exactly  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Can't you say that about every invention?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Competitors Don't Compete?  serpentmage | 07/27/05
Strange that both of your examples are a result of competition.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
The standards he set were open  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/05
Sorry, Ford patented everything he could.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
RE: Sorry, Ford patented everything he could  Linux User 147560 | 07/28/05
RE: RE: Sorry, Ford patented everything he could  In_the_end_I_Win | 07/28/05
But Ford broke a patent that had made cars very expensive. (NT)  Update victim | 07/29/05
Yes and no..  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
Missing the main point  Robert Crocker | 07/28/05
No contrast at all.  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Competition comes in many forms.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
That's why the  In_the_end_I_Win | 07/28/05
History disagrees  voska | 07/28/05
Not at all, it shows  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
Explain your stance.  In_the_end_I_Win | 07/28/05
No  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/28/05
Read it three times, didn't make a difference  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
Doesn't make it right.  Update victim | 07/29/05
Arbitrary standards vs. best technology.  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Re: Arbitrary standards vs. best technology.  none none | 07/28/05
What's friction?  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Re: What's friction?  none none | 07/28/05
Ideology.  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Re: Ideology.  none none | 07/28/05
Counterpoint  Update victim | 07/29/05
Re: What's friction?  none none | 07/28/05
No confusion at all..  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
Cheaper when product introduced.  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Exactlly! It happens everyday.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
So when did the XBox go up in price?  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
With money lost on each sold...  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Money lost..  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
Stay tuned...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
No_Ax, I like your optimism.  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
Consoles and Cars  Zinoron | 07/28/05
Example?  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
The term is "introductory pricing".  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
But you are right...  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Maybe  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
Lower cost product, lower cost materials.  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
Re: Lower cost product, lower cost materials.  none none | 07/28/05
he's right!  markhahn | 07/28/05
Doing the right thing?  Anton Philidor | 07/28/05
I didn't understand that either.  Patrick Jones | 07/28/05
I wonder if the Editor of ZDNet tries to make a profit?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/28/05
It is when it  In_the_end_I_Win | 07/28/05
wCDMA is not Qualcomm's CDMA  prich@... | 07/28/05
Shining example of why journalism and ZDNet don't mix  Scrat | 07/29/05
Product life cycles & pricing  frabjous | 07/30/05
Patent system broken  fkarkota@... | 08/02/05
another example would be the mpeg compression standard. Phillips will let  wessonjoe | 08/04/05

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