"This column, if you strip out the specifics, could've been written anytime in the last 20 years. But writing it now is more relevant than ever for we are truly at a danger point.
The problem? Microsoft wants it all. If there's a dime to be made, Redmond wants the whole 10 cents. In categories it invents (think hard to remember the last one, maybe Flight Simulator?) that's fine. Create a new category, build a brilliant product, and reap the rewards. That's the American way.
In the early days Microsoft went after large, entrenched companies like Lotus, which at one time was far bigger than Microsoft. Sure, Microsoft leveraged its desktop monopoly, but in the end Lotus was simply outsmarted -- as was IBM -- a company whose tab for two-martini lunches used to exceed Redmond's yearly income.
I could live with this, and, in fact, enjoyed watching these giants get knocked around.
But with the big guns defeated, Microsoft is turning to smaller players, and now nearly every third party is in the Redmond cross hairs."
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