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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
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- Subject: Re: Origins of IBM / Microsoft rift
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.154244.26401@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 15:42:44 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.234116.3461@unislc.uucp>
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- In article <1992Jul21.234116.3461@unislc.uucp> thayne@unislc.uucp (Thayne Forbes) writes:
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- >Recall that until about '86 Microsoft was making more money selling
- >Mac apps than DOS. My guess is that Bill will not let any market
- >with 2 million users fall by the wayside. Just MHO.
-
- Then why did he almost abandon the Mac community? The new MS apps for
- the Mac are direct ports of the Windows apps, and the Mac users don't
- appreciate this one bit. The wanted Mac apps, and they're getting
- ported Windows apps.
-
- And why would they abandon OS/2 development. I can understand not
- selling separate spreadsheets and word processors, but language tools?
- They had OS/2 in the package and deliberately removed it. Surely it
- takes little effort to keep something you've had for three generations
- of the package.
-
- No, it's a bit more than pushing Windows in order to get the PC
- market. Because he's dumping the non-Windows markets in the process.
- Many of which were quite profitable in the past.
-
- So, do you want IBM's master plan (OS/2 for PC, AIX for workstation,
- and MVS for mainframe) or Microsoft's master plan (Windows, and NT for
- all)
-
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