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This need not be an argument on behalf of Macs. Apple should be
the foil in this debate. But Apple is the only real competitor to
Windows. Linux is a part of the public domain and does not formally
compete. Nothing against Linux, it's just that we should not compare
libraries with bookstores when speaking of market competition.

What this is, is an argument on behalf of open market dynamics. The
marketplace is the better arbiter of technological merit.

Orphan technology will happen constantly on any platform. The point
is, it should be moving us forward and the transitions should be
managed better. Whoever does this should win our support.

More important however, is the presence of real choice. Not choice
between fan speeds, power supplies, plastic colours or logos, but
real choice between two different technologies from two different
companies with different shareholders, interests and cultures.

Benefits from two competing companies come not from the allegiance to one or the other but the allegiance to the space
between them. It is the catalyst for the creation of the third, fourth,
and fifth valuable competitor. New Apple users are restoring
competition by cycling and rebalancing the market.
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Even after...  Qbt | 05/16/08
Apples WWDC has been sold out for the  People | 05/16/08
That is your measure  Qbt | 05/16/08
I heard a rumor they had less tickets then before  GuidingLight | 05/16/08
Rumor?  People | 05/16/08
I heard a rumour Steve Ballmer was a brain sucking space alien...  odubtaig | 05/17/08
I thought Ballmer's a Brain-Sucking Alien was a documented fact!  drprod@... | 05/22/08
Sorry for the misunderstanding of where you were coming from, Oudubtaig  drprod@... | 05/22/08
AND...in come the PRO-MicroShaft Zealots!  drprod@... | 05/22/08
Do you all practice together?  storm14k | 05/16/08
And the switch to Intel  mdemuth | 05/16/08
I'm not an apple fan...  storm14k | 05/16/08
Could it be...  cashaww | 05/17/08
probably  Jack-Booted EULA | 05/16/08
Apple has no room to fault in this either.  ye | 05/16/08
TOUCH?...  transposeIT | 05/16/08
Unhappy customer = anti-MS zealot now?  odubtaig | 05/17/08
Re: Even after...  PMDubuc | 05/20/08
RE: Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Wind  ejstembler | 05/16/08
Walled Cities  Harry Bardal | 05/16/08
Wow...  brble | 05/16/08
The Marketplace  Harry Bardal | 05/16/08
Sorry, I have to take issue  cashaww | 05/17/08
How can you defend MS  People | 05/16/08
Because they get paid to  Chad_z | 05/16/08
Oh please,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/16/08
I thouht you ran that club.  odubtaig | 05/17/08
So then show me your cite.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/17/08
I'm just going on behaviour (NT)  odubtaig | 05/17/08
Hmmmm....  cashaww | 05/18/08
My nigh-on invocation of Mandy Rhys-Davies, thank you Verity Stob  DannyO_0x98 | 05/17/08
Wesly Snipes? What has that to do with MS?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/17/08
It a comparison of potential propaganda methods.  odubtaig | 05/17/08
So lets compare Santa and the Easter Bunny.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/17/08
One...  cashaww | 05/18/08
You're Like McCain's "Straight Talk Express" Getting Caught in a Lie, Ax  drprod@... | 05/22/08
What about the other companies that pay  Pliny the Elder | 05/16/08
Indefencible is your preconception, not his.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/16/08
So, it's a 'preconception' that...  odubtaig | 05/17/08
But Ax COULD Run a Rethuglican's Re-Election Campaign VERY Easily  drprod@... | 05/22/08
Ballmer MUST go  GeiselS@... | 05/16/08
Seconded!  TripleII | 05/16/08
You should assume that Ballmer will stay.  peter_erskine@... | 05/17/08
RE: Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?  AdeOghert | 05/16/08
Well...  zkiwi | 05/16/08
RE: Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?  jpelak | 05/16/08
At long last ZDNet confronts a world-shattering issue!  Vesicant | 05/16/08
World shattering? Naw...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/17/08
Office's switch has been a tough one  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/16/08
Counter point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/16/08
RE: Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Wind  atari8bit@... | 05/16/08
And let's not forget sound in Vista...  BitTwiddler | 05/17/08
RE: Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Wind  DannyO_0x98 | 05/17/08
Not written by a MSFT developer  pumpkinko | 05/17/08
Whereas Apple has no history of doing such a thing...  Ambivi | 05/17/08

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