prester john
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(Jun 29, 2001 - 4:31 PM)
>>Once MS has literally destroyed or assimulated the Third party
>>markets, MS will stagnate and innovation will no longer occur.
Your arguement defeats itself. If Microsoft becomes a Goliath so powerful that it no longer deems innovation necessary, the proverbial David will come along and develop new, innovative products that will start a whole new cycle. After all, how do you think Microsoft overtook the Big Blue Sleeping Giant (IBM) who thought THEMSELVES too important to innovate? IBM was, after all, the only game in town for a while there. How quickly people forget...