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To: Keith Hankin who wrote (22394)1/11/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre  Respond to of 24154
 
Keith,

Looks like IBM and SUNW still contributing more innovation than MSFT despite their "lower margins". Doesn't this go against the "no-competition" is good for consumers mentality? Even Apple who has probably 1/10th the marketshare of MSFT managed to almost contribute as many new "innovations" as the Greatest Show on Earth.

ifiplenum.com

List of Top 55 Companies --Patents Awarded-- by Rank for 1998

RANK COMPANY NO. PATS.

1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 2682

15 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO 811

28 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC 427

38 MICROSOFT CORP 334

50 APPLE COMPUTER INC 256

53 COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP 245

Cheers,

Norm



To: Keith Hankin who wrote (22394)1/20/1999 2:22:00 AM
From: damniseedemons  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 24154
 
>If there was a competing OS with 35% marketshare, with MSFT having 55% marketshare, MSFT would have to reduce their prices.

Sure, but you're still missing the point that the mass-market world desires one standard/dominant OS. (Or at least multiple OSes with share common interfaces.)


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