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To: Bearded One who wrote (17593)2/22/1998 4:57:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
Hello Bearded One,

> To be fair, WordPerfect lost its dominant position probably because
> they didn't update to Windows fast enough---which was supposedly
> *not* because Microsoft didn't want to help them, but because
> they bet on DOS remaining at the forefront.

Please remember that it was not just DOS ... they made a bet (like many others) on OS/2 ... not Windows.

> Netscape, on the other hand...

The best thing they could do (and have done) is to release their code for updates in the public domain ...

Scott C. Lemon
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