[ On Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 20:51:08 (-0800), paul beard wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: IP: Wal-Mart PC, Operating System *Not* Included: $399 (fwd)
>
> Greg A. Woods wrote:
> > 
> > I believe that in the end the personal computer industry really won't be
> > a free and open market until either somone wins and well all end up
> > running the same software,
> 
> why does "winning" have to be defined as there is only one solution?

But I didn't really say that was the only solution, now did I.... you
trimmed off the alternative I gave....  

> As much as current events contradict me, we still have several car 
> makers around the world and all cars are essentially the same from 
> the driver's seat, barring left and righthand drive issues. It 
> would be a great thing if we had multiple OS and app vendors 
> supplying similar or functionally equivalent tools at differing 
> price points and levels of complexity/power.

Indeed -- that's the equivalent of my second scenario I think.

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