>The article also mentions that this is a bit of folly, as it seems
> that it isn't the prowess of the machine that dominates (as
> in the XBox) but the software available for a machine that
> causes it to dominate (as in the PS2)

And I suppose you could compare IBM clones and Macs in that
way. The IBM platform was made available to any manufacturer.
The result was a large base of users and s/w, even though Apple
h/w was often superior (at a price). Then Windows and it's many
squillions of users came along and Apple took another beating

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