In thinking about the monster's previous practices, once again I see a trend.

Now w2k3 is offering massive disk array or cluster support (san etc) and it seems to me that they always wait to see others develop a market, reach a point of solid customer base. What happens next is the dark empire then copies the functionality, wraps it into the new nos release and advertises it as a new idea. Then those companies who built the concept must compete against the emperor and his legions just to keep market share.

There are other examples.

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