Jeff Wright >> Hmmmm, word processing (WP had, MS took it away), C++ >> compiler (at least 2 or 3 competitors, MS took it away),
> "Took" it away? What, did WP misbehave and get sent its > room? How exactly did they take it away? Bundling. Isn't that similar to what railroads did in their early years. Cost a run to some popular location where they had competition below the cost to operate that route and charge other routes with little/no competition much more for rates. (I'm sure there are more recent occurrences be jabbering fool, ooops to late, I'm already doing that<g>) Also the MS sales guy playing golf with the boss. Yes, it's a time honored tradition dating back to IBM where the sales droid points out who knows the OS better than we do?. That doesn't make either right. At the time this was happening (intro'ing MS C++), I was actually a developer and active on the Fidonet C++ lists. For a long time before the introduction of MS C++ 5(?details?), MS C++ was a relabeled version of Lattice's product and MS didn't push their product hard since they figured that all of the development would be done in VB. >> Instant Messaging (primarily AOL, hmmm, not so much >> anymore, it turns out to have been over taken by cell >> phones after MS took it over...), > Yahoo, Gaim, Twitter, AIM, SMS, ICQ, Jabber. You're > right, MS dominates. I really despise hypocrites. MS says "They want to fulfill their customer desires." by copying a successful product (Netscape) and giving it away (hmmmm, did they find it under a tree?) If on the other hand another firm emulates an MS product, there is an army of lawyers standing at the ready to defend MS IP. > The list of MS failures is as long as its successes. Its > failures, notably, are most common when it tries to take > on entrenched market standards. Or something entirely > new (**cough** Bob). Not a very good track record. They are also willing to sink lots of money in a product until it does work (MS Word comes to mind). -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly I used to have a handle on life, then it broke. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
