From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 6 8:36:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from jake.akitanet.co.uk (jake.akitanet.co.uk [212.1.130.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C9C37B401 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:36:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wiggy@wopr.akitanet.co.uk) Received: from dsl-212-135-208-201.dsl.easynet.co.uk ([212.135.208.201] helo=wopr.akitanet.co.uk) by jake.akitanet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #3) id 15TmOT-0002gv-00; Mon, 06 Aug 2001 16:34:13 +0100 Received: from wiggy by wopr.akitanet.co.uk with local (Exim 3.21 #2) id 15TmSq-00077t-00; Mon, 06 Aug 2001 16:38:44 +0100 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:38:44 +0100 From: Paul Robinson To: Brad Knowles Cc: j mckitrick , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How did the MSFT monopoly start? Message-ID: <20010806163844.D15418@jake.akitanet.co.uk> References: <20010806142544.A64348@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010806150653.C96762@jake.akitanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 04:40:44PM +0200 X-Scanner: exiscan *15TmOT-0002gv-00*$AK$2bzARMnTrV2Dz.AmTuUnz.* Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Aug 6, Brad Knowles wrote: > However, at some point, they stopped creating customized versions > of MS-DOS, and started being more restrictive on what licensees could > do with the product. Ahhh, I've got you. > I believe that the original questioner would be interested in > knowing when that change happened, and under what circumstances. I'd > be kind of interested in that answer, too. It's before my time, but I seem to remember reading some years ago that the point when that happened was when MSFT became more commercial and realised they owned the crown jewels - they effectively had the standard, and could increase market brand that was already well established as the "best DOS around" so to speak. Although, I would be interested to know *exactly* what happened if anybody on here was around back then. I'm only 23, and therefore MSFT is 3 years older than me! :-) -- Paul Robinson ,--------------------------------------- Technical Director @ Akita | A computer lets you make more mistakes PO Box 604, Manchester, M60 3PR | than any other invention with the T: +44 (0) 161 228 6388 (F:6389)| possible exceptions of handguns and | Tequila - Mitch Ratcliffe `----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message