Linked by Kroc on Thu 30th Aug 2007 13:03 UTC
I hear often that when something new appears that "competition is good". The primary reasons competition is seen as good, are: it drives down prices; it gives consumers more choice; it pushes technology forward, quicker. Competition is not good because: competition is why consumers have to choose between HD-DVD and BluRay; competition is why DRM exists; and more. In this article, each of the supposed benefits of competition will be looked at in more detail.
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"The author of this article can always move to the utopian systems they have in Cuba or N Korea where competition is outlawed."
Why do people keep saying this? There's competition in Cuba, N Korea and pretty much everywhere else where people live. Do people seriously believe that there is only one restaurant, food market or construction company in these countries?
Competition is not an exclusive of capitalism.
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2005-07-20
The author of this article can always move to the utopian systems they have in Cuba or N Korea where competition is outlawed.
Why don't people read history books for a while, then they might figure out why we have competition.
And to the person who said:
"Opensource and free software has proven you wrong in this one. People don't only do stuff to get profit and/or survive."
except the major open source suites today are largely paid for by your money greedy capitalistic companies.