Tom, Justice Department as software designer? Well, that's a novel idea. Our experience in New Zealand of government departments being great marketers, technical experts and business operators was quite negative over many decades. How about the calculator software and Freecell which is also included. Or isn't it? Who knows and who cares?
Without getting into my rant, which I'll save for a rainy day, which is actually today and having left a window open in the car we have a centimetre of water on the floor, [that is about 1/32 of a foot using Nasdaq terminology], it seems straightforward - if people want to buy Microsoft's stuff they will, if they don't, they won't. The underlying problem seems to be that Microsoft is selling Windows 95 too cheaply. Too many people are crowding in and buying a bargain. Apple lost out because they were greedy. Now if Microsoft raised the price to $2000, that might slow people down and would reflect the behaviour more normally associated with a monopoly.
Remember, a monopoly used to mean very high prices! Not so cheap as the absurdly giveaway Windows 95 $100. What a bargain. Try making it yourself for that!
But anyway, good luck with the new USA Software Design Corporation in the Justice Department. You'll need it.
See what's happened - all the wasted energy and words on this when we should be doing exponential graphs of cmdaOne handset sales. Does the Justice Department allow for those costs? Nope. So, speaking of growth, how do your early adoption graphs look for cdmaOne? Got them polished up yet?
Best wishes,
Maurice |
