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Re:The Ubuntu App Showdown by EliRivers on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @09:27AM (#4161617)
"I expect an objection that assumes for-profit businesses don't act rationally to maximize profit, I won't pursue that."

Why not? Sounds like a valid objection that undermines your entire argument.

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Re:The Ubuntu App Showdown by nuaccnt on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @02:02PM (#4163277)
It would be, if it was provably or probably true. I don't think it is. But I wasn't (and I'm not) going to spend an hour arguing the point.

Further reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_order

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Re:The Ubuntu App Showdown by EliRivers on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @07:44AM (#4166451)
Well I do think it is, and I've provided as much argument as you, so I suppose we'll just have to accept that we'll never know.
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