Re:Gates Foundation launches $12M Grand Challenge for univer...
by shawnz on Saturday April 28, 2018 @10:39AM
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> slowed progress in computing advancements
What? How does your operating system limit the kind of computing that you can do?
Furthermore, how can you say that Microsoft's monopoly position didn't actually allow them to accelerate the progress of computing even further than their competitors might have otherwise?
Re:Gates Foundation launches $12M Grand Challenge for univer...
by drcode on Saturday April 28, 2018 @12:49PM
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Look up what "counterfactual" means. Sure, it's possible the world is a better place because of the Microsoft monopoly, just as the Microsoft apologists claim.
What? How does your operating system limit the kind of computing that you can do?
Furthermore, how can you say that Microsoft's monopoly position didn't actually allow them to accelerate the progress of computing even further than their competitors might have otherwise?