That was said about IBM before DEC and Microsoft came along. And DEC before Dell came along. And GM before Toyota came along. And Toyota before Hyundai came along...

Yes, it was. But IBM and Microsoft are in different businesses. DEC
and Dell are in different businesses. It is that that caused the
upheaval. But in any case, big companies can compete with big
companies, and sometimes little companies can find a niche (there was a
satellite pager company that did some business with truckers - became
MCI) and grow from there.

Nonetheless, as far as =consumers= are concerned, there is little influence.

No, I didn't miss the point at all. The point is you have choices and can use the free market system to fight back.

Yes, you missed the point completely. Regarding WalMart, RFID and
privacy, I can choose to never ever shop at Walmart, and the privacy
issues will be just as problematic. It is not =my= shopping at WalMart
that invades my privacy, it is the result of =other= people shopping
there that does.

As someone who is working with RFID technology, it isn't as capable as many in the media have made it out to be.

Yet.

When it is, it will be so entrenched people won't know what hit them.

Jose
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