Re: Boycott Microsoft Website

From: springer@eden.com (David Springer)

Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Dennis Moran (coolio@coolio9.com) wrote:

: That's wrong. If you considered operating systems as a whole, they only own
: a majority of the market, maybe 70% or so. MacOS takes at least 10%, Linux
: and OS/2 each have something like 5% market share, and the other various
: OSes have the rest.

Not only that but you have to marginalize the market to PC's using
Intel x86 processors.  Microsoft doesn't own spit in any other market.

: A monopoly has absolutely *no* competition, while Microsoft does.

Trivial competition doesn't count but I'd agree that Microsoft still
has non-trivial competitors.

David Springer

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References

Boycott Microsoft Website
Jack Teh <jteh@usthk.ust.hk>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
mcgrath@epx.cis.umn.edu (Michael David McGrath)
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
"Dennis Moran" <coolio@coolio9.com>
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000