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Contrarian Pick: Flash Memory Vendors

Agree with this well argumented view. In addition there are national security reasons why the US cannot let down a company like MU; control of computer memory manufacturing and testing is a strategic component of defense. I am long MU.

Microsoft Did Us a Favor - Andreessen

Dr Dan: Whatever the number of scientists in favor of the human cause of global warming there is at least an equal number of scientists against it, including most prominent ones at that. But the latter, being more interested in true scientific pursuit than in publicity, are not "politically correct" meaning they have not seduced the media. That is natural for the media which find more fodder in sensational news about our impending demise than in the discussion of an unproven hypothesis. Scaremongering is an old tactic to get attention and it is once more working, for the moment. Seeing this, the demagogues were not slow to jump on the bandwagon. Furthermore I do not listen to any of the names you mention for the simple reason that I have no use for television.

Now about Microsoft; they achieved a monopolistic position because they did not find any competition to speak of and because their products have some merit otherwise you would not find them on 90% of personal computers unless you think all these people are morons. They may have abused their position, with the help of the hardware builders, but they paid their fines, did they not? Conformism of the snobs who could not possibly be part of those 90%, this is what drives Microsoft bashing.

Microsoft Did Us a Favor - Andreessen

Conformism is an application of the least effort rule and most often supports stupid ideas, those that do not require too much effort at researching and thinking. Politicians love it as an opportunity to pander to the crowds. Microsoft bashing is conformism. Human cause of global warming is another. The Web is the strongest conformism spreader ever but it also is the greatest opportunity to fight it and, as individuals, we should.