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Re:Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? by wilsonnb2 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:48AM (#17514488)
> For entrepreneurs, the monopolistic stranglehold these companies have, make them impossible to beat with a better product. The best possible outcome is acquisition. You may join, but never beat them.

Isn't this exactly what everyone said about IBM until Microsoft came along, and then what everyone said about Microsoft until Google/Apple/Facebook/Amazon came along?

Why is this time different?

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Re:Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? by dralley on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:18PM (#17527348)
Microsoft only stopped being a destructive force of nature after the Department of Justice gave them a kick to the face.
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