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To: Michael L. Voorhees who wrote (516)	2/14/1997 1:45:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	of 64865

>>I can not say that I think MSFT is a great software company (based on quality, not marketing). I have wasted more time with their compilers and operating system hangups than I care to recount. You too? I would like to add assemblers & debuggers to the list. I gave up after v. 5.1 & called Novell. They recommended using Lattice C (remember them?) & Intel asm w/Periscope debuggers. I knew I was in trouble when I wanted to throw my PC through the window & started cursing Bill Gates aloud at work. I have since moved to Solaris and never looked back. MSFT didn't suddenly start writing bad software. They NEVER had the best software. They prevailed over dozens of PC companies who had much better products & support. I'm not so certain it was the marketing alone that did it. Their exclusive licensing of PC "operating systems" gave them what proved to be an unfair advantage in the application market. Give credit to IBM for that. "The Road Ahead"???? Give me a break. As recently as 1988, Gates didn't recognize the importance of Networks and Multi-tasking Operating Systems. He thought of office applications with really neat graphics running one at a time in the desktop PC at a cheap price was the wave of the future. No wonder they are always playing catchup. Enough bashing. SUNW is surging ahead, especially with Enterprise- wide computers. I predict they will be a 15-20 billion $ company by 2000. cheers, cherylw

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