[vikiomega9]

Well, I get the the idea of what you're trying to say but really healthy competition is not something that gets turned on and off in an instant. I've noticed, for example, osx "seems" less reliable than what it was say with snow leopard and I don't see any healthy competition that tries to address this. It will take ages before a lot of people realize this and shift away causing healthy competition. At least with an ideal democratic government this cycle is some four long and can be quantitatively measured.