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To: Judd who wrote (1123)6/2/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: rudedog  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1600
 
I don't think that the MSFT versions of a lot of these add-ons have anything like the same functionality - the 'integrated' version is just 'good enough'. Is MSFT able to replace a good add-on with an OK integrated version just because it is free?

MSFT was going to 'crush' the Citrix winframe market by buying the key technology and incorporating it into Hydra. Only problem was. it is hard to do a good job even when they bought a lot of the pieces. Citrix is still doing fine, hydra is still not a product.



To: Judd who wrote (1123)6/2/1998 9:58:00 AM
From: Robert Winchell  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1600
 
Now the software companies stopped developing most of these simple add-ons that can be stolen in the next release of Windows.

REALLY? Go check out winfiles.com and count how many simple add-ons are avaialble to you right now. And doesn't Symantec have 5 of the top 10 selling Windows applications right now? Have they stopped developing them?