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From: Alan Baker on 23 Oct 2009 01:13 In article <b4d2df17-8679-4ba3-9ce6-ea9bd038e4ae(a)e18g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>, gpsman <gpsman(a)driversmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 23, 12:24�am, RonB <ronb02NOS...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > And what people tend to forget when they laud Microsoft's business > > acumen, is that Microsoft's monopoly was built on the back of IBM's > > original PC monopoly. It was a matter of pure, dumb luck. > > I seem to remember Gates himself admitting something to that effect, > but to me that seems to discount some pretty sharp "vision" and shrewd > sales and negotiation skills. > > MS must have had competition for the IBM contract, and MS won. Actually, no. MS got the contract because there was no competition. They literally passed on the chance when it was first offered to them, because they weren't an OS company. Then they told IBM that they had an OS, when in fact they didn't. Then they bought another man's copy of the only other OS that would have been appropriate and IBM made one of the biggest blunders in the history of... ...history. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Otto Yamamoto on 23 Oct 2009 07:38 On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:11:48 -0400, Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick wrote: > No President, or Presidency in living history has been as ill-treated > as > Bush. Yeah, he was pretty easy to abuse, I miss that. So many opportunities for comedy. Nixon and Ford pale in comparison. -- 'Smoking is Healthier than Fascism'
From: N8N on 23 Oct 2009 08:03 On Oct 22, 9:53 pm, hanco...(a)bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > On Oct 22, 6:55 pm, N8N <njna...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Everyone has their limits. Ask General Motors where their customers went. > > > How bad does Microsoft have to suck before people stop buying? > > It's all relative. People did not _solely_ stop buying GM because of > GM's products. They stopped because there was a superior alternative. That's what I don't understand. The difference between a Lumina and a Camry, while significant, is nowhere near as pronounced as the differences between Windows and *nix. In some cases, the superior alternative to Windows is *free* so long as you have a working computer, a high speed internet connection, and a CD-ROM burner. The basic difference between the two is distribution, it'd be like getting a Chevy automatically whenever you renewed your driver's license. For many people, they'd PREFER a Porsche or BMW or even just a nice Camry, but don't care enough to go through the hassle of getting rid of the Chevy, because, after all, it runs. Sort of. Most of the time. nate
From: chrisv on 23 Oct 2009 08:47 hancock4(a)bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >On Oct 22, 6:55�pm, N8N <njna...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > Everyone has their limits. Ask General Motors where their customers went. >> >> How bad does Microsoft have to suck before people stop buying? > >It's all relative. People did not _solely_ stop buying GM because of >GM's products. They stopped because there was a superior alternative. GM owners are in no way "locked in" to GM products. Only in fscked-up market like the desktop OS market can a company produce as crappy a product as Windows and still maintain their market share. -- 'About 99% of home users use XP/Vista/98. They do not have all this "hassle and trouble" to which you refer.' - "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark
From: "Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" on 23 Oct 2009 08:58
"Otto Yamamoto" <roscoe(a)yamamoto.cc> wrote in message news:4ae195c0$0$22552$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:11:48 -0400, Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick wrote: > >> No President, or Presidency in living history has been as ill-treated >> as >> Bush. > > Yeah, he was pretty easy to abuse, I miss that. So many opportunities for > comedy. Nixon and Ford pale in comparison. Oh, you won't be missing it at all. -- -- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com http://picasaweb.google.com/Popeye8762 |