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

[Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>]

At 01:29 AM 11/8/98 +0000, stan johnson wrote:
 
>Wait a minute... If Linux becomes such a successful competitor for M$, how   
>can it kill off competition for M$? Isn't that strangely circular? 

Think of it this way. Suppose Linux slices $5M off of Microsoft's sales
and also $5M from Be's sales. Which is going to be hurt more?

>Oh, I know! Only   
>*commercial* competition is *real* competition! <smacks head> I should have   
>realized!  

Nope, Linux is competition -- and it's not commercial. However, we do
NEED viable commercial competition.

--Brett