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- From: sichermn@csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
- Message-ID: <BzoytD.H4p@csulb.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:56:00 GMT
- References: <BzLMIH.II3@csulb.edu> <1992Dec21.074803.1363@sequent.com> <1992Dec22.095022.21715@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec22.095022.21715@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec21.074803.1363@sequent.com>, furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
- >
- ><refering to the FTC threats against Microsoft>
- >
- >|> IF this provides a setback to Microsoft, it will be a temporary
- >|> one. Bill Gates to his credit pours something like 27+% of the
- >|> revenues back into the company for R&D and Product Development. No
- >|> matter what the FTC does to Microsoft, that kind of cash infusion
- >|> will bring about good products, because they can afford to hire top
- >|> talent and spend the time and effort to get it right.
- >
- >Ever think that Microsoft is only able to devote 27+% of its income to
- >R & D because it has such a big market share and because its products are
- >so competative?
- >
- >Just watch how fast that 27+% shrinks after the FTC clobbers Microsoft over
- >the head a couple of times.
- >
- >|> Also, if they do split up Microsoft, the share holders will be
- >|> adequately compensated for the changes to take place. Bill Gates
- >|> wins, not matter what happens. Besides, the man likes a challenge.
- >
- >Geez Louiz. I'm sure he'll just really _love_ the challenge of trying
- >to compete with his right arm tied behind his back, his leggs hobbled,
- >and his company gutted.
- >
- >|> This also give IBM and opportunity to press their advantage with
- >|> OS/2 in the market place.
- >
- >I totally disagree. If Microsoft is smashed enough that all of these
- >whining companies feel safe developing for Windows, they will feel no
- >motivation at all to move developement to another OS.
- >
- >The best thing for OS/2 is for Microsoft to escape this intact, because
- >then the other companies might just realize that if they don't want
- >Microsoft to be dominant they shouldn't spend all their time developing
- >for Microsoft operating systems.
-
- Instead of all this the 'sky will fall' rhetoric, please explain how
- Microsoft will be so disasterously hobbled if its applications divisions
- are required to be and operate separately from its operating environments
- (OS, WIndows) ones. According to the word from g., they already do so,
- therefore one must conclude there will be no negative effects.
-
-
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- Jeff Sicherman
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