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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15162)	12/19/1997 6:23:00 PM
From: Justin Banks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Reg - My point was not that you don't know how to use other products, but that people generally tend to think that the things they know how to use are the best products. The reason that MSFT's products have been successful, imo, is that they are everywhere, not because they are better. Why are they everywhere, and how did they get there? Again, imo, that is a big part of what the DOJ is trying to find out. It is my opinion, and apparently that of lots of others, that MSFT has been using unfair, and probably illegal, tactics to get their products onto the desktop. BTW : The features you mentioned wrt. MSFT products (auto. completion, context sensitive help, etc.) have been available in my favorite application (emacs) since the 1970s. It's wierd that you think that just because MSFT put them into software that they're new and/or great. That in itself helps to explain the whole 'perception is reality' concept. Currently, though, MSFT is losing the perception battle in so far as they are perceived to be the bad guy in the computer business. -justinb

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15162)	12/19/1997 8:33:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 24154

>>> I chose Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel because they ended up being the BEST PRODUCTS! And this is fact, not opinion. OK, maybe it is opinion, but it is everyone's opinion, so it is almost the same thing as fact, right Reg?

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15162)	12/19/1997 8:53:00 PM
From: Doug Fowler	Respond to of 24154

I also chose Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc), but NOT because I believed it to be the best (although it may very well be the best). The MOST important reason for choosing Office is that is what (almost) everyone else uses. And because I have to exchange documents with other people, I don't need the bother of converting files or using special save commands. Essentially, Microsoft has itself another monopoly here, and in this case, I don't know if that is good or bad.