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To: Hayward F. Taylor, IV who wrote (13472)	10/21/1997 10:30:00 PM
From: drmorgan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

No, they let others test the water and once the idea and software were written, figured it out and then gave it away to destroy the innovator. Exactly! And that is why they don't need to innovate. No one can deny MS has provided tremendous returns for their shareholders and are certainly in my list of corporate hall of famers, yet in my mind they will be all alone in their own section, because they can't be invited to the party of innovators. Personally MS would appeal to me much more if they would at some time be the first to come out with a product! I would think they have the talent, don't you? We can all make fun of IBM but IBM Invents! If only IBM had MSFT's marketing dept! <GG> Derek

To: Hayward F. Taylor, IV who wrote (13472)	10/22/1997 8:02:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Respond to of 24154

<Did they invent the internet or even the browser. No, they let others test the water and once the idea and software were written, figured it out and then gave it away to destroy the innovator. Look at Apple and hope that Netscape does not end up in the same boat.> Or what relevance is this? MSFT's job is to sell software, not seek Nobel Laureate status for its researchers. To my knowledge, MSFT has created more than NSCP, although this is highly irrelavant. These are for profit software companies, not not for profit think tanks.