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Originally Posted by HPOliver
... RCA came up with a gimmick to monopolize the record business and it worked ...the only losers were those who purchased alternative systems that became obsolete. It seems likely the same thing will happen in the world of e-books ...
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You seem to be arguing in favour of a situation where a monopoly is encouraged to prevail. At its height, Sony's Betamax (ie VHS' rival) held 25% of the UK market. That's a lot of losers. I doubt they've have forgotten their experience. Using software as an alternative example, I imagine that most OS X and Linux users are glad that Microsoft doesn't hold a monopoly. Surely consumers are better off when given a free choice, rather than having a
gimmick forced on them by marketing people.