Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 16:35:24 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020403163134.01cbae00@nospam.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <006701c1db45$088784d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020401153352.02b99760@nospam.lariat.org> <3CA8EB5F.2E91B408@mindspring.com> <1017709221.71119.5.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> <3CA91382.4E4E2B@mindspring.com> <003a01c1da0e$4ec56080$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20020402161351.A26122@wantadilla.lemis.com> <006901c1da80$599af0c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20020403085624.J26122@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020403075529.00d0adf0@nospam.lariat.org>
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At 12:23 PM 4/3/2002, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Brett writes: > >> Actually, Netscape was doomed long before MSIE >> became even as good as Navigator, because Microsoft >> used both predatory pricing and leverage of >> its Windows monopoly. > >Can you provide a timeline for this? See the records from the DoJ case, at http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/. >Microsoft didn't start out with a lot of money, and somehow it survived. Actually, Gates was rich from the get-go. He came from a very wealthy family. >Of course, Microsoft hired smart people. This had nothing whatsoever to do with its success. Microsoft succeeded primarily by default.... Its much larger competitor, DRI, didn't show up to provide a DOS for the IBM PC. Microsoft licensed a mediocre product from Seattle Computer products, called it its own, and the rest is history. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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