June, 2000 Posts
What Microsoft doesn’t control
When someone mentions monopoly, most immediately think Microsoft or Bill Gates. And, when most think monopoly, they think Windows. However, Microsoft has been gaining market share in many major software areas. Here are some examples: office applications, financial software, tax software, database software, Internet browser, greeting card software, web server, web building, etc. Software [...]
What if Stocks were like groceries?
Now that computers are taking the place of brokers on the floors of stock exchanges, it is time to think about the way stocks are sold. Stocks and bonds are sold in standardized markets for the most part. They are usually listed on the same exchange so that if you want to buy one [...]
Mergers and acquisitions may make Internet more profitable
Many pessimists believe that the internet will stay very unprofitable and that only a handful of participants will make money. Well, thanks to mergers/acquisions and the laws of supply and demand, this will most likely not be true. The laws of supply/demand say that as supply goes down, prices go up. When companies merge [...]
MP3′s here to stay
MP3's are here to stay. People that have used MP3's love them. They are much more convienient than CD's and last longer than CD's because the hard drives that MP3's are stored on are not subject to the personal handling that CD's get. Like most people, I was taught that the customer is always [...]