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Re: Suggestion for Breaking Microsoft's Monopoly
de badgolferman 05/28/2006 08:03
krazycarnie, 5/28/2006,1:55:01 PM, wrote:
> Well on the software side, Microsoft gave away development kits, IBM
> charged thousands of dollars for their development kits... which
> platform would you create for?? On the hardware side IBM would not
> certify other manufacturers on their technology (does that sound like
> another computer company out there?). Again which platform would you
> build products for??
Several good points were made of which the above are probably key in my
mind. They did not become a large company by osmosis. They developed
a sound business model and encouraged others to follow along.
The animosity and jealousy displayed toward Microsoft has become a
disease upon itself and it amazes me how many people just keep feeding
into it.
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"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who
are willing to work and give to those who would not." ~ Thomas Jefferson