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: 2003-08-13 15:08:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <3F3A33EE.90900@noplace.com> <1060795239.445526@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:06:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.41.43 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1060812402 144.132.41.43 (Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:06:42 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:06:42 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41413 Date: 2003-08-13T22:06:42+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > > Their success? M O N O P O L Y > > They have a monopoly because they are so successful, > not vice versa. DrDos was a competing DOS implementation that was crushed because of the FUD that Microsoft managed to spread. I think the FUD worked because they had pretty much a monopoly status at the time, so I think this is at least one example of their success being drawn from their monopoly position. Dale -- dstanbro@spam.o.matic.bigpond.net.au