Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 07:57:33 -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: <4.3.2.7.2.20020403075529.00d0adf0@nospam.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <013301c1dadb$f665e350$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>
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At 11:51 PM 4/2/2002, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Microsoft doesn't try to "kill off" anyone, but it certainly tries to kill >off competing products, as any successful company must if it is to remain >viable. This was pretty easy in the case of Netscape, as the only thing >going for Netscape was momentum from its initial success. Once Microsoft >came out with a better product and gave it away for free (note that giving >it away would not have worked alone--that's why the first versions of MSIE >had little effect), Netscape was effectively doomed. 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. >Had Netscape tried to come up with a better browser, it might have survived. It did try. But its income stream was failing, and development costs money. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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