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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 22:07:18 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: <v6f3im$gmj7$5@dont-email.me> References: <slrnv85b2k.1pv.bencollver@svadhyaya.localdomain> <v657js$26kh2$1@news.mixmin.net> <2a4c6859-bc2a-ad3a-0625-5a21db61204c@example.net> <v67cdi$2v6vc$3@dont-email.me> <871q48kyiz.fsf@eder.anydns.info> <v6a6v6$3gqkm$5@dont-email.me> <bdb593df-cda8-0feb-3049-fa9f88268f62@example.net> <v6crdp$1kfb$3@dont-email.me> <ebf7991b-2d5c-e7ff-f454-adf20d0423c1@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:07:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6833f357ca2f81f4fc0c202b06d2229d"; logging-data="547431"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/84tCfTUMcMc9byTsB9gK1" User-Agent: Pan/0.158 (Avdiivka; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ScbCGRxE433/Yx6rnSI+GsFp8mU= Bytes: 2099 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: >> >>> Except that neither europe nor the US are free markets, so neither can >>> be used as an example. >> >> 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”. >> >> Coincidence? You be the judge. >> > 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.