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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K-Menu/Xandros Launch
From:       Michael Pye <mp () fuckmicrosoft ! com>
Date:       2002-09-21 8:38:38
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On Saturday 21 September 2002 9:06 am, Michael E. Peligro wrote:

> (1) Or perhaps Microsoft, as early as 1998, betrayed their monopolistic 
> tendencies early on of a "virtual monopoly" where all apps are 
> Microsoft-dominated, and no one elses is (or is downgraded through 
> monopolistic practices). Looking at it this way, only Microsoft programs are 
> used to open documents (files).

LoL. As *early* as 1998? The monopoly was in place long before then!

In interesting take on the skewed view of a monopoly in their usability labs 
though. Competition makes us smarter than them, if only we could get some 
labs to take advantage of that.
-- 
MP
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