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To: Michael Olin who wrote (8787)11/9/1998 1:32:00 AM
From: Shane M  Respond to of 19080
 
Is it good for the consumer:

If MS modifies the OS so that Lotus 123 won't run properly?

If MS modifies the OS so that Netscape won't run properly?

If MS modifies the OS so that Apples Quicktime won't run properly?

etc.

Just throwing this out, because I think the damage MS does is not necessarily authoring competing products, but in specifically setting out to devise an OS that makes competing products buggy. "Windows isn't done until 1-2-3 won't run." This is leveraging the monopoly in OS and is not good for consumers.

Shane



To: Michael Olin who wrote (8787)11/9/1998 9:54:00 AM
From: MeDroogies  Respond to of 19080
 
Which is precisely the problem with MSFT.
It is choice by default. The OEM agreements kill competition. Look at SYQT. They were the leaders, made the best technology, and IOM still killed them because of OEM.
MY Zip drives burn up, my SYQT keep going. Yet OEM put IOM at the top until a new technology ousts them, or until they introduce a new technology. The difference is that they market a commodity. MSFT markets an accepted standard.


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