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Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by nickpp on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @09:19AM (#37914558)
It’s not possible to know what other factors would’ve or wouldn’t have come into play, who would’ve done what else in this alternate history of yours. It’s just speculation.
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Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by kalleboo on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @09:21AM (#37914595)
And you can't possibly know what would have happened without government Anti-trust pressure on Microsoft.
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Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by nickpp on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @09:32AM (#37914773)
Indeed, maybe Microsoft would’ve created an even better smartphone, putting us today a position with 3 major competing mobile platforms! And just imagine what else after that…
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