▲ 659 ▼ German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email (www.zdnet.com) submitted 1 year ago by Mog_Spawn@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Strider@lemmy.world -7 points 1 year ago (4 children) Monopoly always wins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PushButton@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Did you know horses were the only way to move around before cars? Did you know the US airline industry, and AT&T phone system were a monopoly situation? Do you remember when Dropbox, Docker were the only product that filled their niche spot? So, no, monopoly does not always win. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Of course I remember. There is no too big to fail, too. But that does not mean it's not getting replaced by another one. That's also a pattern. Or maybe the meta game changes, someone else has money and invests and holds a lot of smaller players. Still. For docker it would be Kubernetes and that's Google. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Well, we have like 3 decades at most of this kind of tech, and really only a couple of generations modern capitalism, so it's a bit tough to say "always" about anything. It would be more accurate, historically, to say that the monarchy always wins - but especially in that case - past performance does not guarantee future returns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's fair - let's say since industrialization. But you're right, it's few people whatever the current implementation is (monarchy, oligarchy..) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Did you know horses were the only way to move around before cars? Did you know the US airline industry, and AT&T phone system were a monopoly situation? Do you remember when Dropbox, Docker were the only product that filled their niche spot? So, no, monopoly does not always win. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Of course I remember. There is no too big to fail, too. But that does not mean it's not getting replaced by another one. That's also a pattern. Or maybe the meta game changes, someone else has money and invests and holds a lot of smaller players. Still. For docker it would be Kubernetes and that's Google. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Of course I remember. There is no too big to fail, too. But that does not mean it's not getting replaced by another one. That's also a pattern. Or maybe the meta game changes, someone else has money and invests and holds a lot of smaller players. Still. For docker it would be Kubernetes and that's Google. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Well, we have like 3 decades at most of this kind of tech, and really only a couple of generations modern capitalism, so it's a bit tough to say "always" about anything. It would be more accurate, historically, to say that the monarchy always wins - but especially in that case - past performance does not guarantee future returns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's fair - let's say since industrialization. But you're right, it's few people whatever the current implementation is (monarchy, oligarchy..) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's fair - let's say since industrialization. But you're right, it's few people whatever the current implementation is (monarchy, oligarchy..) permalink fedilink source parent