From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-16 15:49:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border3.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feed.cgocable.net!read1.cgocable.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <3F3A33EE.90900@noplace.com> <3F3B89BE.1090207@noplace.com> <3F3CDA4A.7070505@noplace.com> Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <9Dy%a.3744$q9.203103@read1.cgocable.net> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:49:31 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.150.168.167 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cogeco.ca X-Trace: read1.cgocable.net 1061074501 24.150.168.167 (Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:55:01 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:55:01 EDT Organization: Cogeco Cable Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41614 Date: 2003-08-16T18:49:31-04:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:3F3CDA4A.7070505@noplace.com... > I concede that MS has the bulk of the market. But please notice that > other OS's *do* exist and/or *could* exist and they *could* be put into > the market against Windows. Other companies have simply dropped the ball. > > Also, please notice what happened to the phone company once they lost > their government protected monopoly. They *were* huge and apparently > undefeatable. Where are they now? No monopoly can survive forever > because there are always alternatives and sooner or later something new > comes up to change the market dynamics. > > MDC The problem with this comparison, is that the gov't broke the phone company up. Not competition. I don't see any evidence of commercial competition coming close enough to effect the same chain of events. Open source has reasons, but no commercial competition has a chance. -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg