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To: Don Green who wrote (32944)3/28/2002 2:03:39 PM
From: Doren  Read Replies (1) of 213182
 
the battle for market share is over

The battle may be over but the war rages on.

Linux has made large inroads in the server market and openware continues to be popular. Most UNIX and Openware software will probably be ported.

I can easily see companies going with Star Office on Macs, why not? The XP pricing policy etc is not going to derail it in corporations that are heavily invested in Microsoft but it will derail it in smaller companies that will grow and be more cost efficient using Linux or OSX and/or openware. XP heavily sucks. As a matter of fact I believe Microsoft has backed away from some of the more draconian parts of it's XP strategy.

You're jumping the gun. OSX has a lot going for it being UNIX based, and easily ported should the time come.

Lot's of people have made wrong assumptions based on what seems to be the truth. Like the statement "Only 6 computers will be needed worldwide". Who would have guessed that a crappy system like Dos would gain the upper hand against IBM? Who would have guessed the web would become so all encompassing?

Things always change in surprising ways in the computer industry. For the past 10 years Microsoft has been lucky and done the right things for market share but you could say the same about a lot of tech companies during a lot of time spans.

Of course in Apple's case OSX is the biggie, the periferals and the hardware designs will only get you so far. OSX has to be easier and more stable to beat XP.
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