Oh man, that brings tears to my eyes. Don't you just feel /bad/ for Microsoft? Have a taste of your own medicine. See you in the unemployment office MS.
What are your estimates on how long MS will last? I give it 3 years with potency and another 3 in a crippled state like the baby bells. --Dave On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Michael Halcrow wrote: > Remember what happened with Netscape and IE? Basically, Netscape had a > jump-start on the market. It was a great browser. Microsoft decided that > they wanted to wrestle the market away from Netscape, so they shipped IE > with Windows, giving it away for free. Even though IE at the time was an > inferior product, the fact that it was free and easily accessible led to > its domination of the market. Eventually, IE surpassed Netscape in > quality. Netscape died. > > Now compare to OpenOffice and MS Office. Basically, MS Office has a > jump-start on the market. It is a great office productivity suite. The > Open Source community has decided that they want to wrestle the market > away from MS Office, so they're shipping OpenOffice with Linux, and they > give OpenOffice away for free to Windows users. Even though OpenOffice > at the moment is an inferior product, the fact that it is free and > easily accessible will lead to its domination of the market. Eventually, > OpenOffice will surpass MS Office in quality. MS Office will die. > > Isn't the irony simply beautiful? > > Mike > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from the BYU UUG discussion mailing list, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "UNSUBSCRIBE" as the message body > Visit the BYU UUG website at: http://uug.clubs.byu.edu/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the BYU UUG discussion mailing list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "UNSUBSCRIBE" as the message body Visit the BYU UUG website at: http://uug.clubs.byu.edu/
