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Story: PC vendors snub antitrust altered Windows
Posted by: Andrew Meredith (Friday 17 June 2005, 1:03 PM)
Doug said:
"do speaker manufacturers sue BMW or Volswagen for installing their own speakers as standard in their cars?"
A fair point but one that misses a subtle but vital point.
BMW and Volkswagen are but two of many players in the "4 wheeled metal box that moves" market.
Lets adjust the true scenario a little. General Motors now make 95% of the cars on the planet and have been convicted a number of times for monopolistic practices in various parts of the world. They fit their own speakers, but only started doing so when a vibrant but nucleic car speaker market started to appear. They do so in a way that makes it deliberately difficult for others to make replacements. They also invalidate the car's warranty if their service centre finds non-GM speakers in the car.
Now do you think the speaker manufacturers have a right to be a little unhappy.
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Story: PC vendors snub antitrust altered Windows
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They havent got a clue. What a complete waste of t... Tony
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Sigh. The only thing Microsoft did was muscle them... Arthur B.
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Arthur B's right. Microsoft don't innovate. They l... Steve J
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