Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 12:36:20 +0200, D wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 12:28:05 +0200, D wrote:
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Except that neither europe nor the US are free markets, so neither can
be used as an example.

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The simple fact is that mobile phones took off in lots of countries,
reaching over 100% penetration in several of them, while the US
continued to lag behind. What was different? Those other countries used
the Government-mandated GSM standard, while the US just “let the market
decide”.
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Coincidence? You be the judge.
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That is incorrect.

That’s what really happened. This is all a matter of public record, that
no amount of ranting polemic, no matter how loudly shouted, can erase.