[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[Erick Andrews]

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 09:33:40 -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:

>--- From a message sent by Erick Andrews on 12/15/01 6:28 AM ---
>
>>On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:02:43 -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:
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>>>--- From a message sent by Erick Andrews on 12/14/01 5:59 PM ---
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>>>>I'm sure you are right about the $150 million.
>>>>
>>>>The leverage, though, is probably more than the $500 million.
>>>
>>>What leverage?
>>>
>>
>>OK, call it a repetitive tax.
>
>Why?
>

The way I see it is most Mac users will have to pay more to 
stay on MS's "upgrade treadmill", sped up every year or so 
with MS Office, Outlook, and other MS apps, changed with 
new fluff and changed so the previous versions will become 
incompatible with the latest.  Yep, paying again and again to
help maintain MS's monopoly.

And with Internet Explorer, should one *not* choose a 
different browser, Mac users will get sucked more and more
into the MS proprietary websites.  Dunno, maybe many 
already are.  Once addicted, the leap to Passport, .NET and
subscription services will an easier step.  Hold on to your
wallet!

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Erick Andrews

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Erick Andrews