Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

[James Coupe <james@zephyr.org.uk>]

In message <MPG.15cede648df0ba4c9896a6@news-server.nc.rr.com>, David Ogg
<davidogg@nc.rr.com> writes
>> Monopoly does *not* mean that *everyone* uses your product. AT&T was a monopoly, even
>> though there were several other competitors (GT&T, IT&T, here in eastern Nebraska
>> there was LT&T, and so on), AT&T was a monopoly because they had a super majority of
>> the business, and there was no way that any of the competitors could take the monopoly
>> away from them.
>
>A monopoly means the consumer has no choice.

Not in the real world.

A choice can still be available when a company is monopolistic - like
Microsoft, for instance.  And most users *didn't* get a choice, because
of the licensing agreements with major PC manufacturers which is how a
lot of people buy hardware.

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