ironman said:
Reasonable said:
ironman said:
Guys, MS does not have a monopoly, it certainly looks like it because they have a huge portion of the market share, but as long as there are Linux based O.S., and the Apple O.S. people have a choice. A monopoly does not give people a choice. Oh, and if you think for one second that Google won't pull the same shit MS pulls, then you need therapy. |
With over 95% market share the last time I looked MS absolutely do have a monopoly position and have absolutely abused it numerous times.
I agree though that Google is quitely trying to built a monopoly itself, no question about it. Right now it doesn't have as much of a monoply as MS does, but they're sure trying.
Ideally Google will seriously weaken MS stranglehold on OS and Office systems but be unable (or restrained themselves) for setting themselves up in place of MS with a stranglehold on content/internet access.
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Unless MS has 100% of the market share, they do not have a monopoly. Consumers still have a choice of O.S. as well as many apps. So once again, no monopoly.
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In the UK Tesco's were accused of having a Monopoly with a little over 40% market share. You really do not need anywhere near 100% market share to have a monopoly. You don't even need half the market share.
