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To: Valley Girl who wrote (41699)	4/10/2000 3:55:00 PM
From: John F.	Read Replies (3) of 74651

VG, I agree with you that Linux has only in the last year or so become ready for prime time. Still, the reason that IBM and others are able to economically pre-install the Linux software on systems prior to shipment is because of DOJ pressure. And I agree that Xerox failed to see the potential of their windows technology. The Xerox Lisa was a $15,000 machine that was too expensive even for the high end market it was targeted at. And, I agree that Jobs clearly blew it by pursuing a premium-price strategy. But, it was not a low priced strategy on the part of Gates that sealed Apple's fate. Apple's hardware was proprietary covered by patents. Unlike IBM, Apple succeeded in preventing a compatible market from developing. As a result, motherboards, floppy drives, hard drives, and memory for Apple systems ended up costing twice what they did in the IBM compatible marketplace. Apples success in preventing a compatible market from developing resulted in their systems costing twice as much as comparably equipped IBM clones. This allowed Microsoft to command higher prices for their software than they would have been able to command if a low cost IBM compatible marketplace had not developed. Just my opinion. Cheers. Whoever is selling their stock today .. please stop.

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