http://sharedcopy.com/public/users/ezhik.xml sharedcopy.com http://sharedcopy.com/images/logo-sharedcopy.png?V0 http://www.roughlydrafted.com.sharedcopy.com/2008/09/11/how-apple-is-changing-the-pc-software-world-back/82376dd7e85ce9fe7e3b372b0345ccb8.html#20522 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:49:04 +0000 <span class="content comments_count_2 withoutphoto" ><span class="text" ><div class="html_gist none"><input class="csspath" type="hidden" value="body.custom div#container div#page div#content_box div#left_box div#content div#content_inner div.format_text p p img.center.frame.shcp_dimension_395x294" /><img title="Steve Jobs and Wozniak" class="center frame shcp_dimension_395x294" src="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wp-content-uploads-2006-12-steve-jobs-wozniak-apple-computer.jpg" height="150" alt="Steve Jobs and Wozniak" /></div> <p class="comment_body comment_body1" > closest Microsoft has come to setting up such a defendable retail model is its OEM deals. Every PC sold brings in revenue to Microsoft, and nobody else can muscle into the OEM game to compete against it because those contracts act as great barriers to entry. No functional market means no competition and no reduction in prices. <a href="http://r4.sharedcopy.com/426tmt#shcp0" > ^{link &raquo;}</a ></p> <p class="comment_body comment_body2" > Is this behaviour without any monopoly risks? <a href="http://r4.sharedcopy.com/426tmt#shcp2" > ^{link &raquo;}</a ></p> </span ></span> ezhik 2