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To: Hal Rubel who wrote (6935)	5/12/1998 11:29:00 AM
From: Ed Schultz	Read Replies (1) of 74651

>>I sometimes wonder how many people who post here know that Bill Gates did not invent the personal computer, did not invent DOS, did not invent the mouse, did not invent the Windows type operating system, did not invent the browser ... etc. I wonder how many people know the true history of Microsoft? I know I don't. I wonder what the DOJ thinks it knows.<< As someone aptly pointed out, and people tend to forget, Microsoft is a marketing company. It doesn't matter so much WHO invented, but whether or not it gets marketed properly. McDonalds did not invent the hamburger, but they sure knew how to market it. And why is it that a bottle of Tylenol costs 85 cents to make yet consumer pay over $6 at the check out counter for it? And if Apple was so good and Windows was so bad, why did everyone buy Windows? Microsoft is first and foremost a marketing company and a damn good one! It helps that they have great products, however they acquired them, to market.

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