> Nick wrote: > Dos wasn't stolen from IBM, it was bought from some guy and licensed to IBM. > Look at Exchange, Look at Internet Explorer. You don't call those market > disruptors? Look at Windows 95 and the inclusion of dial up networking and > TCP/IP in a reasonably easy system. >
Nope, none of that was anything but leveraging an install base. There was Netscape and Netscape SuiteSpot which covered all your browser/email needs (not to mention other products) and Win95 was more Mac copying. Nope, still nothing from MS that's remotely creative besides the original product. Their strategy (whether they admit it or not) is to wait for others to create/innovate then they buy or copy their functionality and pump it out through their main distribution channel: the OS. Well the internet is changing that market channel and if they don't become a creative company they'll die. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230945 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
