They are getting so desperate that they have to produce more than just
software. Thats why They've put out their competetor to Sony's Playstation
2, and thats why they released Windows CE...to compete with the Palm Pilot.
Soon they will be getting so desperate they will be trying to compete with
Ford and Holden to make the fastest,safest, and most user friendly family
vehicle and right down the sides it will have written "Where do you want to
go today".
Its not in Microsofts nature to think for them selves...they always wait
until someone else comes up with an idea, they steal it but make it bigger,
better, faster, smaller, quieter, louder, safer.
I cant think of 1 thing M$ have created by them selves..
----- Original Message -----
Date: Fri February 16, 2001 12:48 AM
From: Ian Tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: SLUG Mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] "Anna Kournikova" email worm - disinfection
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Martin wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Jon Biddell wrote:
>
> > 4. Re: the anti-trust case - no-one forced people to buy Windows - they
> > could have used CPM, Unix, OS/2, etc. etc. etc. Windows became the
> > "standard" because people liked it.
>
> Not so, a key issue in the anti-trust case was that Microsoft put
> illegal pressure on OEMs to bundle windows, and include it in the
> price. Many customers got very little choice in the matter, and this
> helped windows become the dominant consumer platform it is today. And as
> you correctly pointed out, like all M$ products it got where it did at
> least somewhat based on marketing, which is not quite the same as
> "consumers liked it".
The problem for MS now is that of market saturation. They've depended on
OEM bundling for so long, and the last few years has seen a world-wide
explosion in PC sales (driven by the attraction of cheap communications
with the Internet). But now almost everyone who can afford/want a computer
has one. PC Sales are dropping off and alot of home users don't upgrade
often, if ever.
We're starting to see MS becoming desperate as their revenue stream dries
up. They're looking for new markets to attack, like embedded devices
and the "enterprise" platform. Just look at all the FUD that came out
after the release of the "enterprise ready" Linux 2.4 kernel from places
like ZDnet, no doubt influenced by their #1 advertiser: MS.
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