This is the SAME
THING!
except the stakes are exponentially higher. And Gates realises that, which is one reason internal ms documents show executives scared of netscape, where those execs decided the best approach is to COPY (familiar concept at MS) everything netscape does to crush it. The internet and the network are making windows irrelevant as people LIVE in the browser, as admitted by internal document at MS.
Furthermore, by the admittance of more internal documents, the browser and windoze were refered to as SEPARATE products as late as NOVEMBER NINETEEN NINTY SIX. SUDDENLY, microsoft re-writes history by saying the DOJ was aware of their intention to integrate as early as 1994 (Well, good, at least MS admits implicitly they're separate products) But waitaminute: did ms know what a browser IS back then? Maybe Yes. But my guess is, at best, Gates thought he's ahead, and can proceed slowly. At best.
Regardless, the government has decided already: they are separate products.
PS, just in case, cnet.com has all related issues to the subject. |
