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To: Keith Hankin who wrote (14209)	11/18/1997 2:11:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) of 24154

<The way you frame it, yes, one has a choice. But once again, people do not buy OSes in and of themselves. They buy them because they are vehicles for applications. The applications are why people buy computers, Reg, not OSes. So if even one single application that I want to run is only available for MSFT OSes, then I DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE, unless if I decide that I will not be using the applications for which I was buying the computer for in the first place.> You are starting to contradict yourself. The reason there are more apps available for Windows is becasue MSFT recognized the need for graphical computing and capitalized on it before the competition. At that time, they were the underdogs by far. MSFT was not only the first, but hte only significant vendor willing to write productibity apps for Windows 1.0 and 2.0, therefore they seeded the market. You then say that MSFT's fortunes are not a result of superior value they bring to the market. It can't be both ways. MSFT has had more time to develop spreadsheets for Windows than anyone else, therefore it is natural that they have more market share and superior technology.

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