[mdlug] Is the "Wintel" monopoly slipping away?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Michael Rudas
> 
>> Is the "Wintel" monopoly slipping away?  The evidence says "yes"--in
>> the face of ARM processors running Android, Chrome, or iOS, is there a
>> future for Windows on x86 processors?
> 
> Microsoft won't go away, and they'll still be a big company. IBM owned
> the 1970's and 1980's, then Microsoft took over from 1990's to now. IBM
> isn't gone, and still makes plenty of money, they just stand astride the
> industry like a colossus. Microsoft is well on the way to joining them.
> 
> For now, it looks like Google is best-poised to become the next
> colossus, but there's still *some* room for someone else to jump in. I
> don't *think* Apple can do it now, but it's not completely
> inconceivable.
> 

Unlike IBM and Microsoft, web-sites have no capacity for customer lock-in.
If Google gains and maintains a monopoly, it will be by earning it.

Not just once, but EVERY SINGLE DAY.