On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:16:22 GMT, William Wright wrote:

It's for the same reason that people shouldn't use Microsoft
software while they continue to attempt to lock-in their customers:
because every purchase carries a hidden cost of forcing the customer
to purchase again from the same supplier.

Yep! No technology lock-in using say Sun Solaris or HP/UX is there?

Your argument, as I understand it, is that because Microsoft uses
vendor lock-in, Sun and HP can't do. That's frankly a silly
argument.

A more sophisticated version is that you beleive I beleive that.
That's equally absurd.

So I conclude I have no idea what you are trying to get at.

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