Windows CE a disaster? Heck Qpooch, that doesn't sound good for WirelessKnowledge. You think those Q! software engineers didn't know what's a good software? Maybe it has some defects, but so does Windows98 and it's still the best thing around [other than Windows2000 beta].
Precisely what does it do wrong in Anita[TM] devices which is going to make customers reject it in favour of Epoc and other stuff? WirelessKnowledge seems to have been formed on the basis that MSFT would provide the best available operating system and marketing muscle to get it out there to the world. They also know how to provide the links to corporate networks I suppose.
So far, I'll adopt a 'watch this space' to see if WindowsCE is as bad as you say, but remain happy so far that WirelessKnowledge will clean up.
Back on the MSFT 'monopoly' which seems to be a word with many ambiguous meanings. Yes, we buy puters ready to go. Same as cars and most consumer goods. Yes, you can buy puters with just the parts - no software. You can buy anything from just a disk, to a fully-built-up ready-to-turn-on machine. You don't pay for the software if you don't want it. Not all suppliers do that - some always include the MSFT stuff and you don't have a choice with them. There are heaps of little puter makers but they have been dwindling as margins have tightened and inventory has become crucial.
On the Q by Q! it would be valued against a bunch of other stuff [see previous post]. No, we wouldn't be back to the monopoly of the dollar. The dollar would constantly sink against this hard, safe, cheap and effective cybercurrency. The dollar would sink because it is constantly being printed and Alan Green$pan is getting the profits from that printing. That is not evident these days because The New Paradigm is slashing the real cost of everything so fast that a LOT of printing can be done and there is STILL no inflation.
With the Q, prices will fall constantly as productivity contines to improve rapidly. It would constantly appreciate against other currencies. People would have confidence in holding cash because it would not be constantly eroded.
Rail wasn't really a monopoly, even when they formed 'trusts' - people could always build another alongside, or a road, or move to another place, or invent an aeroplane, or refuse to deal with them and do something not involving rail, or buy the railway.
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PS: JohnG, thanks, glad you liked it. Well, this is cyberspace, so you could copy it, edit it, paste it in another post. After 25 iterations by everyone here, we should have it just about right. No puffs, weird stuff or unintelligible wrong grammar. Just the red hot profitable action plan....
Also, nice to see Q! $170 [almost $171] reached just now! I should mention here that Ramsey Su informed me that he is going on vacation in a few days. Heh! Heh! Don't forget 21 August 1999 Dow 8314. |
