In the early days of automotive manufacturing, Ford was a monopoly. That's just tech - it takes a long time to reach technological parity with someone who has a

In the early days of automotive manufacturing, Ford was a monopoly. That's just tech - it takes a long time to reach technological parity with someone who has a 10 year head start. Microsoft and Yahoo have now almost caught Google, and will claw back some customers. Apple and GNU/Linux and the BSD crowd have more or less caught up with Microsoft (thanks to everything important now being on the web). In another 10 years time, perhaps people will buy a computer (slash TV) based on fashion and price, not OS features.