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 It is apparent that even in education we to fail to see the forest for the trees. If not Microsoft, then who? Through the years IBM and Apple have endeavored to fight the good fight to prove that the market place was indeed an open and agressive place. IBM today is a flounderring company with it's own worries and woes. Apple continues to struggle under the weight of misdirection and poor leadership. While it probably has been a matter of perception that IBM was more of a main frame giant and not a desktop computing company, Apple has a dedicated and enthusiastic following of fans and freelance developers. Apple management will be the death of the company. Buying back it's own licensing out of fear of competition could be defined as monopolization. Bill Gates for better or worse met the market place at the same time and place that IBM and Apple did. Is it not the basic principal of free enterprise that competition and know how defines the outcomes and not government intervention? It should be painfully clear to all of us in higher education that a lack of standardization by one company's product is a thorn in our sides. Microsoft is nearing the goal of total integration and compatability. In other words the stuff works. If you do not like the king of the mountain then go out a build a bigger mountain.
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