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To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (63211)	11/21/2001 2:41:35 PM
From: dybdahl	of 74651

Not quite. Microsoft has always focused on short-term improvements in the OS, thinking that long-term issues probably isn't worth spending money on. There are some exceptions to this, like inventing Windows NT etc. I believe the reasons were quite simple: Do what you do best - don't try to win by doing what the competition does better. Microsoft has been saved by having a bigger market for low-price software, increasing the software variety and that the competition often has been very expensive. The problem for Microsoft right now is, that some neglected issues, like network security, is hitting back now. Microsoft still mainly treats security as PR. The competition has also become a lot cheaper, and the variety of software accessible by the average user is also rising fast for the competition, in a way that makes the average Linux user have more software than the average Windows user in the future. I totally agree, that XP will sell. Lars.

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