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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Strangle hold \Stran"gle hold\
1. (Wrestling) a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It
is usually not allowed.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a forceful influence that strongly inhibits freedom of
action; as, the oil price jump put a stranglehold on the
economy.
[PJC]
Zona believes that Microsoft's entry into this fray
breaks what has been, by all appearances, Netscape's
stranglehold on the Internet. Microsoft is not
licensing any technology from Netscape, and as part
of this announcement, several alliances which
historically would have been with Netscape were
included. The impact of this announcement on
Netscape was huge.
[PJC]
SAN FRANCISCO, November 6, 1996 -- If Microsoft
Corp. CEO Bill Gates were a plumber, he would
control all the water in the world and force anyone
who wanted some of the precious liquid to cut a deal
with him.
With that statement, Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison
closed a question-and-answer session with reporters
and analysts held here Tuesday at Oracle OpenWorld.
During his hour-long appearance, Ellison agitated in
favor of low-cost, generic network computers and
against Windows-based PCs.
"The notion of one company controlling the whole
[computer] industry is shocking and unacceptable,"
Ellison said, referring to what he describes as
Microsoft's stranglehold on PCs through its
ubiquitous Windows operating systems.
[PJC]