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| From | JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> |
| Subject | Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" |
| References | (1 earlier) <opivhbd18fqii2hpb9670jihns4r7c5am7@4ax.com> <nformt2qok@news1.newsguy.com> <LJednYfTFMeRnL3KnZ2dnUU7-K2dnZ2d@giganews.com> <ija1ibtbpq7ujc1g0in33qi143ntjl41pv@4ax.com> <docd3qF3ft2U2@mid.individual.net> |
| Message-ID | <slrnni4jlj.ect.jedi@nomad.mishnet> (permalink) |
| Date | 2016-04-28 12:56 -0500 |
On 2016-04-27, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 07:13:50 -0500, chrisv wrote: > >> Marek Novotny wrote: >> >>> Fabian Russell wrote: >>>> >>>> chrisv wrote: >>>>> >>>>> As always, the free market sorts it all out, better than any >>>>> bickering committees. >>>> >>>> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a supremely idiotic fucking >>>> statement! >> >> Sure, "Fabian". >> >>>> The "free" market has given us Microshit Windows. >> >> And? Is Windows so patently inferior that we would be better-off if >> some "committee" prevented its offering on the market? >> >> I would rather that the people be allowed to make that choice for >> themselves, thanks. (Yes, I realize that the desktop OS market got >> fscked-over by Micro$oft, but that doesn't invalidate my point.) >> >>>In a totally free market we'd get much worse than Microsoft. Someone >>>always gets greedy and decided to buy out his competitors and then >>>control prices. Innovation comes to a grinding halt. >> >> They wouldn't even need to buy each other out. They could just collude >> on prices, or divide-up sections of the market among themselves. There >> are many ways to screw the consumer. >> >> Certainly, regulation is required, to prevent anti-competiative >> behavior. "Freedom" does not mean anarchy. > > A "free market" is not a _fair_ market, without referees to ensure an > even playing field. > In most cases, that's only true for certain extreme circumstances. The problem with software is that it requires compatibility. It becomes easy for a particular ecosystem to squeeze the rest out. It's hard to see what kind of regulation in that context would not be a cure worse than the disease.
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Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-26 18:50 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-26 14:52 -0400
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-26 15:17 -0500
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-26 13:59 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-26 14:33 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-26 14:35 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-26 22:59 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-26 23:29 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-26 17:02 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-26 18:16 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-27 08:38 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-27 01:48 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-27 22:56 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-27 17:31 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-26 22:56 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-26 17:00 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-26 20:31 -0400
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-26 17:41 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-27 09:36 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-27 07:46 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-27 09:55 -0500
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-28 04:14 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-27 07:13 -0500
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-27 18:01 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-04-28 12:56 -0500
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-28 11:17 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-28 20:24 +0200
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-28 12:03 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-28 12:48 -0700
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-26 19:33 -0400
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-27 07:42 -0500
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-27 14:28 +0000
Re: Common Myths #1: "GUI Consistency" John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 16:35 -0700
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