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Article #242Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: Todd Allcock
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:46
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:46
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"David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:i22euu$omn$1@news.eternal-september.org... > John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > >>The difference is that Pepsi doesn't have market power, >>and not being able to offer Windows is a huge reduction in potential >>market. > > Uh, Pepsi is the #2 soft drink maker. True, but that's not really in the same league as the type of power that MS wields. > Not only that but when they used to own > KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silvers, and other outlets, they > signed > them up to very very long-term exclusivity agreements and then spun off > the > company into what is now Yum. Yum is now stuck with selling Pepsi > products > for the foreseeable future. IIRC, that backfired, which prompted the spin-off. Many non-Pepsi owned fast food restaurant chains switched to Coca Cola at the next contract renewal, deciding they'd rather not use a vendor that was now actively competing in their primary business.
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