> I assume he is referring to the Jim Lennane who ran DeScribe. A great > word processor that was popular on OS/2 (when I was in OS/2 support). > Jim believed that no one would want (need?) an integrated solution. > MS Office (and Lotus Smartsuite among others) proved him wrong.
That's the fella. But that wasn't his mistake. His mistake was believing that his market position (the only full-function word processor available for OS2) would permit him to impose significantly different Ts&Cs on his potential customers. Specifically, he started to ship product that would only work for 30 days - you had to register with DeScribe and obtain a key to continue beyond that point, even though he had $295 of your money. Microsoft might have that power (vide XP) but DeScribe didn't, and neither does SuSE. -- Phil Payne The Devil's IT Dictionary - last updated 2002/01/20: http://www.isham-research.com/dd.html UK +44 7785 302803 Germany +49 173 6242039
