True, but choices would dry up if OSX manages to gain enough market share. Since the
buying public is mostly non-technical this is a real issue as their buying choices
could force such a condition.
It's not enough to academically discuss the definition of monopoly, one has to look
at the real world implications of it.
On 4/7/2010 9:22 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:
It depends on definitions. If you define the market as OSX, then of course
Apple has a monopoly. But if you define the market as laptops, then there
isn't any monopoly.
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On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:17 PM, maccrawj<maccr...@gmail.com> wrote:
When the market get's behind them as the defacto choice, the are a
monopoly. Same goes for their PC's, after all who makes hardware than runs
OSX besides Apple?
If all the app development and content ends up primaryily or even solely
supporting this device we have a real issue. Kindle is in the same boat
IMHO. We need to decouple the hardware, OS, and content so that no one
company controls more than 1.
On 4/7/2010 8:45 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
What monopoly? Apple's products don't represent any kind of
monopoly...it's just apple product specific..
On 4/7/2010 11:25 AM, maccrawj wrote:
Which is exactly why I'd never buy in, even if I needed it, too much
of a monopoly.
On 4/5/2010 7:23 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:
Gotta love Apple's version of the "razor and blades" strategy with
all those
"must-have" accessories, Apps, and content (music and video). Except in
Apple's case, they make a ton of money on BOTH the razor and the blades.
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