"The question isn' t whether peer-to-peer or any other particular technology
is good or bad either. The question is whether they' re going to be used --..."
"There is only one difference between a bad economist and a
good one: The bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the
good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and
those effects that must be foreseen."
This is a quote from French Economist Frederic Bastiat.
What we have in this case is the seen: Linux taking market share from other Unixes. The unseen: Microsoft loosing those sales. This is in fact hurting Microsoft.
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"There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: The bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen."
This is a quote from French Economist Frederic Bastiat.
What we have in this case is the seen: Linux taking market share from other Unixes.
The unseen: Microsoft loosing those sales. This is in fact hurting Microsoft.