make a minor improvement. For example, the consumer electronics adage- that America made it first, and Japan made it smaller
Bad example. Japan actually improved the product, significantly in reliability, and earned market share.
Unlike xBox et al, integrating funtions into WMP gives m$ immediate advantage of unearned market share. Anything m$ does to integrate third-party innovations into its OS is a clear example of exerting monopolistic pressure against consumer choice.
Microsoft could potentially be providing a better service than their competitors. Moreover, why are you complaining about lower prices?
m$ doesn't provide anything better than their competitors longer than it takes to eliminate the competition. They just build it in to take advantage of the lack of inertia most people have toward going to get alternatives. They'll maintain a semblance of feature parity until the competition disolves and then let the app languish or just bloat it into uselessness.
Considering that Steve Jobs admits that Apple isn't making money on the music, that it's a tool to sell more iPods, m$ undercutting prices of the competition is the perfect example of exerting monopolistic power.
Taking from the American Heritage definition "... Apache tribes offered strong resistance to encroachment on their territory..." makes applying the name to server software a recognition of stalwart resolve against invasion. An attribution that could be viewed proudly as recognizing ancestors strengths becomes an affront to the closed-minded bigot who sees nothing but racism.
However, considering that that 'strong resistance,' was overcome makes the choice of the name less wise.
Windows has a case of "full-blown AIDS." It has compromised immunity. Keeping a windoze box healthy requires diligent treatment, anti-virals and good hygiene, to prevent opportunistic infections from seeking out and exploiting its weakened defenses.
A working immune system with healthy well-functioning white blood cells doesn't completely defend the healthy body, but an infection has to overcome these existing defenses to succeed. A virus, or worm (tapeworm) that can defeat the more robust OS X, UNIX cores will succeed. But the opportunities for success are much narrower that against the compromised alternatives from m$.
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Bad example. Japan actually improved the product, significantly in reliability, and earned market share.
Unlike xBox et al, integrating funtions into WMP gives m$ immediate advantage of unearned market share. Anything m$ does to integrate third-party innovations into its OS is a clear example of exerting monopolistic pressure against consumer choice.
m$ doesn't provide anything better than their competitors longer than it takes to eliminate the competition. They just build it in to take advantage of the lack of inertia most people have toward going to get alternatives. They'll maintain a semblance of feature parity until the competition disolves and then let the app languish or just bloat it into uselessness.
Considering that Steve Jobs admits that Apple isn't making money on the music, that it's a tool to sell more iPods, m$ undercutting prices of the competition is the perfect example of exerting monopolistic power.
Do you really want m$ controlling the DRM?
Taking from the American Heritage definition "... Apache tribes offered strong resistance to encroachment on their territory..." makes applying the name to server software a recognition of stalwart resolve against invasion. An attribution that could be viewed proudly as recognizing ancestors strengths becomes an affront to the closed-minded bigot who sees nothing but racism.
However, considering that that 'strong resistance,' was overcome makes the choice of the name less wise.
Windows has a case of "full-blown AIDS." It has compromised immunity. Keeping a windoze box healthy requires diligent treatment, anti-virals and good hygiene, to prevent opportunistic infections from seeking out and exploiting its weakened defenses. A working immune system with healthy well-functioning white blood cells doesn't completely defend the healthy body, but an infection has to overcome these existing defenses to succeed. A virus, or worm (tapeworm) that can defeat the more robust OS X, UNIX cores will succeed. But the opportunities for success are much narrower that against the compromised alternatives from m$.
Make that Big Blue Apple.