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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 06/08/06 02:31
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 06:19:31 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:34:55 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
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>> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:52:23 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
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>>>Even in terms of PC storage, DAT has competition in the form of QIC,
>>>Exabyte, DLT and LTO.
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>> DAT totally creamed QIC, as well as exabyte (which is only a brand,
>> BTW).
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>Again, the degree of the competition does not factor in any way into
>whether or not there were competing formats. Linux has a fraction of the
>market that Windows has. That doesn't mean that Linux and Windows aren't
>competing Operating Systems.
>
One cannot claim "competition" unless there is a MARKET. Linux is
free. That gives it a User base, not a Customer base. Sure, some
distro authors "sell" it, but Billy gives it no credence at all.
I think it will eventually beat out the Billyware. That's a ways
off yet though.
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