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Old 10-02-2011, 06:55 PM   #46
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Thus it is a monopoly.
That's like saying that Microsoft have a monopoly on word processors because .DOC is a proprietary format.
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Old 10-02-2011, 06:55 PM   #47
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Look under "can be confused": http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/its

A always liked their explanation. Short story: when in doubt, just ask yourself "can I replace it by 'it is' ?" If yes, then it's "it's", otherwise it's "its".
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The format AZW is a monopoly
The Whispernet to Amazon electronic text store a monopoly
Neither of those is true. How you can be wrong about absolutely everything and still keep posting and insisting you are right, I have no idea.
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Thus it is a monopoly.
No its proprietary.

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adjective
1.
belonging to a proprietor.
2.
being a proprietor; holding property: the proprietary class.
3.
pertaining to property or ownership: proprietary wealth.
4.
belonging or controlled as property.
5.
manufactured and sold only by the owner of the patent, formula, brand name, or trademark associated with the product: proprietary medicine.
EXPAND
6.
privately owned and operated for profit: proprietary hospitals.
COLLAPSE
noun
7.
an owner or proprietor.
8.
a body of proprietors.
9.
American History . the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
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ownership.
11.
something owned, especially real estate.
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exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
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an exclusive privilege to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by a government.
3.
the exclusive possession or control of something.
4.
something that is the subject of such control, as a commodity or service.
5.
a company or group that has such control.

Amazon uses proprietary software to protect & control the use of the ebooks it sells for the very reason that it does not have a monopoly on ebooks. If it had said monopoly it would not need to use proprietary software.
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Neither of those is true
Please produce your evidence.
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No its proprietary.

Amazon uses proprietary software to protect & control the use of the ebooks it sells for the very reason that it does not have a monopoly on ebooks. If it had said monopoly it would not need to use proprietary software.
No the Amazon electronic text store combined with electronic text readers is not a business, it is a 'commercial-government' thus a monopoly.
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Please produce your evidence.
It's already been well proven in this thread. You only need to read it and accept the truth. You are wrong.
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No the Amazon electronic text store combined with electronic text readers is not a business, it is a 'commercial-government' thus a monopoly.
Again, you are wrong.
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Old 10-02-2011, 07:13 PM   #54
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Thus it is a monopoly.

It appears that you really do not understand what an OS or a monopoly is.
I I have 25+ years in the computer fields and have spent most of my
career in management so I have some knowledge here.


I'll explain it to you so you hopefully get it:


Linux is an operating system, just as DOS, CP/M VMS or MS Windows are.

Debian and Ubuntu are not an OS, but are Distros (aka versions) of the Linux OS.

MS Windows Vista, and MS Windows 7 are versions of the
Microsoft Windows Operating system.


A monopoly is basically when a company controls an Item such as Electricity or
Telephone Service and there is no alternative so you are forced to buy from them only.
(This is what prompted the break up of the telephone company years ago)


Amazon IS NOT an monopoly because:

Other e-book readers are available (Sony, Nook, Etc)
Other e-book formats are available (mobi, epub,etc)

For Amazon to be a monopoly they would have to do something like patent the
e-book technology then not allow anyone else to produce readers or books.

Controlling a format (such as .azw) is not a monopoly, because another company
could just release e-books in another format and produce readers for it.
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It's already been well proven in this thread. You only need to read it and accept the truth. You are wrong.
Please quote.
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Debian and Ubuntu are not an OS
Incorrect because they are practically for the end user with just hardware computer, an operating system to do various things: email, browser, applications, utilities etc.

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Amazon IS NOT an monopoly because:

Other e-book readers are available (Sony, Nook, Etc)
Other e-book formats are available (mobi, epub,etc)....
Controlling a format (such as .azw) is not a monopoly, because another company
could just release e-books in another format and produce readers for it.
Incorrect. There should not be a connection between the electronic text (ET) reader and the ET store.
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Ok I admit, your right, it is a monopoly. you wore me down, i give...
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Incorrect because they are practically for the end user with just hardware computers, an operating system to various things: email, browser, applications, utilities etc.



Incorrect. There should not be a connection with the electronic text (ET) reader and the ET store.


You truly are clueless
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Incorrect because they are practically for the end user with just hardware computer, an operating system to do various things: email, browser, applications, utilities etc.



Incorrect. There should not be a connection between the electronic text (ET) reader and the ET store.
You are the king of wrongness.
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