Why Microsoft Can't Compete With iTunes
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| Alternative Power Sources
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| The army of volunteers supporting GNU/Linux contribute real value to
| the platform, equivalent to many millions of dollars of development
| and support. Their efforts have progressively challenged Microsoft's
| position, and should not be underestimated.
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| In essence, the development of Linux is like a company building its own
| solar power plant in order to disconnect itself from a municipal
| power monopoly.
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| The power might be free, but the effort required to build and maintain
| an independent system is very expensive.
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| It would be prohibitively expensive for most companies to build their
| own power stations. Similarly, in today's PC climate, the only way to
| challenge the Windows monopoly is to rally Open Source to build an
| alternative system, mostly as unpaid volunteers.
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| That's not an example of competition within a functional market; it has
| more in common with a revolution to overthrow a tyrant!
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/F6DC3D84-5B4D-43D4-B9ED-1F2033A895DA.html
This all depends on the definition of "media" because:
Bill Gates lends cash to buy newspapers
$350 million to MediaNews
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| Gates involvement has been very behind the scenes. In fact many of
| those involved in the deal didn'teven know he was one of the investors.
| It was carried out through the Gates Foundation, the world's largest
| philanthropy outfit.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33849
Also among today's articles/posts:
Microsoft Won't Give Up on Xbox 360
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| Microsoft's COO: "it took seven, eight, or nine years before Windows
| was profitable.
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http://www.onthexbox.com/news656.html
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