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Careful, NonZealot, you sound like a ZEALOT! happy
Can anyone tell the class why NonZealot's analogy doesn't work?
Class? Class? Anyone? Ferris?

Alright, well for the analogy to work, Apple would have to have
been legally described as a monopoly (holding a market share so
large there are few to zero competitors, as in Microsoft).

Since Apple is not a monopolist, it is not subject to the same
scrutiny. NonZealot argues that Apple is manipulative, but
Apple has yet to have been convicted of leveraging its monopoly
position to push others out of the market. Manipulative and
monopolist are not the same thing - one could argue that is why
there are two different words for them!

While mlindl does indeed believe that Microsoft has its evil side,
his brilliant and simple illustration as to why this story was news
is based on the fact that because MS is a convicted monopolist
they could very well be on the path again to leveraging their
monopoly position to shut others out of a market. Unlikely in
this case, but subject to scrutiny nonetheless.

(Brrrring) There's the bell, have a nice weekend.
Posted by: mlindl   Posted on: 03/11/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This made the headlines?  TechType | 03/11/05
Yes, because this is about leveraging one's  mlindl | 03/11/05
I agree with "mlindl"  soleary | 03/11/05
Apple is even more manipulative  NonZealot | 03/11/05
Careful, NonZealot, you sound like a ZEALOT! happy  mlindl | 03/11/05
Hehe, I give credit where credit is due.  NonZealot | 03/11/05
School's not over just yet  GregSalts | 03/14/05
Nothing wrong with being a monopoly  tic swayback | 03/14/05
Here is how...  Linux User 147560 | 03/11/05
Your analogy points back to Microsoft  nucrash | 03/11/05
Ooo, ouch, that insult hurt me!  NonZealot | 03/11/05
Apple very wisely chose not to implement ActiveX  whisperycat | 03/12/05
Yeah the full eXperience  DarthRidiculous | 03/12/05
I don't support Active X  nucrash | 03/14/05
GM locked me into Delco Remy - NT  osreinstall | 03/11/05
Funny double-talk  FirstNLastN | 03/11/05
In other news - Chevy discontinues radio service for Fords.  Letophoro | 03/11/05
I was thinking more like a couple hundred(nt)  IT Scion | 03/11/05
Why Should They Support a Competetor Product  qcimushroom | 03/11/05
are you saying they are using their OS Monopoly?  JasonL31 | 03/11/05
dialup will always work  JasonL31 | 03/11/05
Not a problem for Apple. Apple has the ability to replace  Laff | 03/11/05
Wow  Qbt | 03/12/05
The Real Reason MS Dropped Mac Support...  AC_MA | 03/12/05
Great, time to emphasize AOL on the Mac  FilledOut | 03/12/05
I wouldn't of used it  JasonL31 | 03/14/05
And all 6 of the Mac subsrcibers to MSN are disappointed MN  j.m.galvin | 03/12/05
Who cares  DarthRidiculous | 03/12/05
Let's see: .Mac, Safari or Firefox, Mail, 1000s of ISPs...  YuridaMan | 03/13/05
"Microsoft's Mac BU remains committed to the Mac platform and its customer  BitTwiddler | 03/14/05
Jobs should have got more  Roger Ramjet | 03/14/05

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