On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, Andy Sy wrote: > Killing Netscape was the means. The real end, however, was to be able > to use their monopoly position on the desktop (which they succeeded in > achieving) for profit. That didn't happen.
Microsoft wasn't interested in killing Netscape per se. It wanted to fortify their dominant position. By making IE, which was integrated into Windows, the preferred browser, they did fortify their dominant position. That makes money. Not from IE alone, but form the whole package, which is what M$ really cares about anyway. The idea is to eliminate competition. > MS is making some very smart counterattacks (and this time, in an ethical > manner - badmouthing the GPL apparently didn't accomplish anything, heh) > against open source in order to protect its business, and fighting back > by claiming MS code is inherently inferior makes for a losing strategy > that won't net any converts. Seems to work where I am. People can SEE the results of M$ inferior code. As far as my experience goes, that does win converts, at least in my small neck of the woods. God bless! -- Please sign the petition against Senator Panfilo Lacson http://www.petitiononline.con/no2ping/ --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED] Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunications, Inc. "Affordable Access for All" --[Open Minds Philippines]-----------[http://openminds.linux.org.ph]-- -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
