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Re: ``Nothing like a monopoly to get investors to cheer you on''

To: charlesaugust@theriver.com, Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO <am-info@essential.org>
Subject: Re: ``Nothing like a monopoly to get investors to cheer you on''
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 20:58:26 -0700
In-Reply-To: <3644FC39.9532F952@theriver.com>

At 10:27 PM 11/7/98 -0500, Charles Behney wrote:

>Wall Street loves a Sure Thing. How can you make Linux a darling of stock
>analysts? 

I don't know. However, Linux may (inadvertently) make Microsoft MORE
of a darling of stock analysts. Why? Because Linux will prevent any new
commercial operating system -- such as BeOS -- from being able to compete
with Microsoft's offerings. Linux will compete with them for developer
mindshare, for sales, and for capital. The result: Microsoft's position
as the ONLY viable commercial option will -- perversely -- be strengthened.
Linux will kill off potential competition for it.

--Brett

Follow-Ups:
- Re: ``Nothing like a monopoly to get investors to cheer youon''
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- Re: ``Nothing like a monopoly to get investors to cheer youon''
  - From: Charles Behney <charlesaugust@theriver.com>

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