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To: RTev who wrote (23586)	11/17/1999 10:34:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

This is the second time around you are ignoring a very blatant set of facts, primarily if the judge's logic is sound, Windows would never have gotten ahead in the first place. Why is it that the applications barrier to entry applies to everybody but MSFT? <How does one account for the popularity of MS-DOS in 1988?> By accounting for the popularity of the IBM PC and its clones, whom MSFT had a lucrative contract to supply the OS with. This, in combination with the higher prices of the MAC and the very proprietary, rather specialized functionality of the Amiga and others are what gave MSDOS its boost in the late 80s. You must keep in mind that people don't buy products, they buy products that managed companies sell them. If the management of the company is outdone by another, you cannot put the blame on technical products. One big mistake made by nearly all of the early computer companies is that they tried to push hardware and software, which made the package more expensive and less flexible. IBM (mistakenly) launched the PC boom, and was forced to do even more by dropping the Microchannel architecture. <why did they spurn shells like Windows 1 and 2, or GEM, or GEOS in favor of the black DOS screen> GEOS was mismanaged, bad management plus good product equals bankruptcy. I think I was the only one to use it, and I was barely out of my teenage years. Windows 1 and 2 were not easy to use, considering instability and the learning curve required to leave DOS. Windows 3 was the key. Almost everybody who used Windows 3 did so to run mostly DOS apps, but Win 3 made it easy since you did not have to memorize line commands. It took some time for people to adopt the Win16 specific apps. I will have to rebut the rest later. It is time for dinner.