|
True ... I guess it comes down to scope. Yes, IBM has a monopoly on their proprietary 5250 data stream. No, they do not have a monopoly on application/database hosting because you use their proprietary 5250. I was looking at market scope whereas others were looking at application scope. Adam Lang Systems Engineer Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company http://www.rutgersinsurance.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <thomas@inorbit.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11:46 PM Subject: Re: Changed to: Interactive Tax > On Mon, 31 December 2001, "Adam Lang" wrote: > > > PROPRIETRY! NOT MONOPOLY! > > Note that "proprietary" generally implies "monopoly", although not necessarily "illegal monopoly". Most monopolies are legal. > > Tom Liotta > > -- > Tom Liotta > The PowerTech Group, Inc. > 19426 68th Avenue South > Kent, WA 98032 > Phone 253-872-7788 > Fax 253-872-7904 > http://www.400Security.com > > > ___________________________________________________ > The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe > Better! Faster! More Powerful! > 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! > http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.