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To: tonyt who wrote (43913)	4/29/2000 9:14:00 PM
From: david_si	Respond to of 74651

"And what was it that the masses really wanted that MSFT figured out?" What is your definition of software innovation? Here's mine: Developing software that does a better job than alternatives. Following are many MS examples. If someone doesn't agree that this is innovation, their definition must not match mine. COM, COM+ Natural language processing Windows 2000 usability and performance An unmatched GUI programming model Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) Excellent multiple processor support Terminal Server PocketPC Plug and Play OS Internet integration NT protected memory model Win9x backward compatibility with DOS A C++ compiler that generates faster code than any other Visual Studio Win32 programming APIs Office integration and programmability DHTML support Built-in XML support Preemptive process scheduling in the OS SQL Server 7 Active Directory DirectDraw ASP Windows Media Format (smaller & better quality than MP3) ClearText And wait until you see NGWS and Visual Studio 7. What has Sun, Apple, Netscape, or Oracle done that is so innovating as to disqualify the above from being innovation?

To: tonyt who wrote (43913)	4/30/2000 3:18:00 AM
From: TTOSBT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Re: "When exactly did Microsoft 'innovate' anything?" I think this statement is what really explains the crux of this case. Every other software company claims to have superior products to MSFT's -rightly or wrongly, I do not seek to argue. I guess it is frustrating to think you are superior and are getting whipped badly each and every year? Which brings me to why I stated MSFT's superior competitive knowledge -the proof is in the pudding. I was referring to the innovation of MSFT marketing skills. Now the "why" I suspect will be studied for thousands of years by economic and financial as well as other scholars. IMO they will discover as has been so many times in the past that the drive of the person behind the force will hold strong among the chief reasons. It is a shame that we have a government bent on the jealous rages of competitive complaints to motivate it's resources. For the tax payers of this nations are being cheated at least in this current debacle. TTOSBT