Facebook killed the radio star. And by radio star, I mean the premise of distributed forums around the internet. And that got got by Instagram/SnapChat. And that got got by TikTok. Where the fuck is the internet we once knew?
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Quote from: Newby on October 09, 2005, 12:54:07 amIf I made a business that sold cans specifically designed to hold coca-cola beverages, and they decided to make their own beverage holders, there isn't much I can really do. I could sue, but they'd laugh at me.If Microsoft stopped using CD-ROMs to distribute Windows, I doubt they'd get sued. The idea is having a service that everybody uses (fine, Coke). Then, you have lots of major companies develop products revolving around the product. Say, straw makers and ice cube makers (ignore the fact that they can be used for other drinks for now ). The companies' businesses revolve purely around your product. Then, you decide to start including ice cubes and straws with your product, effectively driving all the other companies into bankruptcy. That's pretty much what this is: if Microsoft has a good anti-virus product included in the OS, then all the companies that provide them will likely not survive. That's scary.
If I made a business that sold cans specifically designed to hold coca-cola beverages, and they decided to make their own beverage holders, there isn't much I can really do. I could sue, but they'd laugh at me.
Who gives a damn? I fuck sheep all the time.
And yes, male both ends. There are a couple lesbians that need a two-ended dildo...My router just refuses to wear a strap-on.
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 amI'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.That analogy doesn't even make sense. Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT.
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.
I'd personally do as Joe suggests
You might be right about that, Joe.
Thus, I win.
(Noun) monopoly 1. A situation where there is only one company is providing a certain product or service. The company gets to choose the price it wants.
Quote from: Newby on October 09, 2005, 02:43:47 amThus, I win.How do you win? If anything, you lose even more, look back at the definition.Quote from: iago on October 09, 2005, 02:37:47 am(Noun) monopoly 1. A situation where there is only one company is providing a certain product or service. The company gets to choose the price it wants.You said Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly. This sentence proves that even McDonalds, let alone Microsoft, has a monopoly.
Oh, I missed that, "there is only one" part of the definition.EDIT: If you want to be all technical about it, you win, but IMO, the definition for monopoly has changed ever since Microsoft came around.
Think of it like this then: Microsoft has a monopoly on the Windows kernal, which is the most commonly used kernal. No other company makes operating systems which uses a Windows kernal except Microsoft, and they can charge whatever the hell they want because of this. Microsoft does have a monopoly, and if they made it so their anti-virus is the only one that works on their operating system, they'd be illegally using that monopoly.
Quote from: MetaL MilitiA on October 09, 2005, 01:15:26 pmThink of it like this then: Microsoft has a monopoly on the Windows kernal, which is the most commonly used kernal. No other company makes operating systems which uses a Windows kernal except Microsoft, and they can charge whatever the hell they want because of this. Microsoft does have a monopoly, and if they made it so their anti-virus is the only one that works on their operating system, they'd be illegally using that monopoly.If Microsoft started charging $2,000 for Windows XP, I highly doubt many people would stay with windows.