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To: tonyt who wrote (43913)	4/29/2000 9:14:00 PM
From: david_si	of 74651

"And what was it that the masses really wanted that MSFT figured out?" What is your definition of software innovation? Here's mine: Developing software that does a better job than alternatives. Following are many MS examples. If someone doesn't agree that this is innovation, their definition must not match mine. COM, COM+ Natural language processing Windows 2000 usability and performance An unmatched GUI programming model Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) Excellent multiple processor support Terminal Server PocketPC Plug and Play OS Internet integration NT protected memory model Win9x backward compatibility with DOS A C++ compiler that generates faster code than any other Visual Studio Win32 programming APIs Office integration and programmability DHTML support Built-in XML support Preemptive process scheduling in the OS SQL Server 7 Active Directory DirectDraw ASP Windows Media Format (smaller & better quality than MP3) ClearText And wait until you see NGWS and Visual Studio 7. What has Sun, Apple, Netscape, or Oracle done that is so innovating as to disqualify the above from being innovation?

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