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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Well, if Buba Gump Shrimp was the only one smart enough or lucky enough to ride out the storm, shouldn't they reap the benefits? God forbid is a company tries to make money. I'm sure that's what the shareholders want.
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If Bubba Gump shrimp was the only survivor of the storm, then BSG would be able to dominate the market for all of a few months at maximum -- because BGS could not dictate to the shrimp who to be caught by. Then Bob's Shrimping for Shrimp could buy a boat and challenge BGS.
But once Amazon controls vertically the publishing of ebooks, there is no way for another competitor to come along and alter the market. A more apt comparison rather than BGS is the problems Apple and Linux have had penetrating the personal computer OS market in the US. Yes Apple and Linux exist and are "growing," but it is Microsoft that really controls the marketplace and new competitors are simply not coming out of the netherworld.
Perhaps an even better comparison might be the browser market wars or even the desktop publishing wars.
I do not want Amazon in the position of Microsoft when it comes to the dissemination of knowledge.