Re: The American Dream

royls@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:24:17 -0500, "Dan in Philly" <djr8@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
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assuming there is a network externality (ie the PC world naturally gravitates toward a single operating system). 


M$ owns the toll booth on the information superhighway, which it did
not build.

-- Roy L

It's really easy to bypass them, so it's not much of a toll booth. I would say that Cisco comes much closer to being a rentier there.

--
Les Cargill
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