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To: Eric Wells who wrote (102110)	4/25/2000 11:45:00 AM
From: Olu Emuleomo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

>>>So was implementation of Windows on the Intel PC innovative?<<< I didnt want to continue this thread but I could not resist this one. The fact that Bill G could sell us an inferior OS and get away with it shows that he is a genius business man/marketer. Mac/OS, NextStep, Unix etc.. are all known to be technically superior to Windows 3.X/9X. However, Bill G was a better businessman than Steve Jobs et al. Thus we are stuck with Windows today. (Ctrl-Alt-Del) My prediction is that MSFT has begun a slow decline, due to the Internet, Java, Linux and Palm. The fate of IBM awaits them. --Olu E.

To: Eric Wells who wrote (102110)	4/25/2000 7:32:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

So was implementation of Windows on the Intel PC innovative? In my view yes. But even those who think that Microsoft's development of Windows for the PC was not innovative, I am sure this expalins why Apple sued Microsoft for copyright infringement??? But in the late 80's, Apple wanted to sell it's own computer - and because Apple wanted to sell both the computer and the operating system, they allowed themselves to miss just an incredible revenue stream (some claim it was Apple's arrogance that allowed them to miss this market). This is true but this was due to the CEO at that time, John Scully, sho just about buried the firm. Bad marketing but not lack of innovation. Are we comparing marketing here or innovation? If it si innovation, Microsoft has innovated nothing but they did a great job of marketing. Some legal but much proven illegal.