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His points are valid, but they'd make more impact if the underdog was not Microsoft. Tell us a story where a scrappy newcomer convinced customers to switch awa
by AlbertCory 3y ago
His points are valid, but they'd make more impact if the underdog was not Microsoft.
Tell us a story where a scrappy newcomer convinced customers to switch away from a monopolist's product. THEN you have something.
If you're objecting to the word "monopolist": MS was indeed defined legally as a monopoly, IIRC.
- exmadscientist 3y ago> His points are valid, but they'd make more impact if the underdog was not Microsoft. Words fail me here. This is one story, and one strategy, of how Microsoft became a monopolist. Everything described here works and it works because Microsoft was the 800-pound gorilla, not in spite of that! Monopolies aren't born fully formed.
- AlbertCory 3y agoI just saw this. MS was already a monopolist in 1990. It just took awhile for the government to notice.