Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:12:19 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911181005500.40862-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911181427120.301-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Today Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> Is it possible for company to cause the adoption of lesser
> technology purely by business/marketing tactics?
Yes. OS/2 2.1 was superior to Windows3.1/DOS. The "Windows
tax", where OEMs were forced to license a copy of W3.1 for every
system sold or pay full retail, didn't leave much room for OS/2.
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