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In Praise of a Closed Market -- Part I

Simple choices helped popularize computers

PodcastsIt's an article of faith in the tech industry that competition is good for everyone. But the history of the PC provides a good illustration of where competition works for consumers and where it doesn't. In part one of a two-part podcast, BusinessWeek Tech & You columnist Steve Wildstrom says that the pressure to squeeze out every penny of cost yields PCs as commoditized as wheat or cement

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