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- From: rmk@frog.CRDS.COM (Rick Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.232027.23156@frog.CRDS.COM>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 23:20:27 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.154910.6846@kth.se>
- Organization: Charles River Data Systems
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1992Dec21.154910.6846@kth.se> d89-zke@dront.nada.kth.se (Zoltan Kelemen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec20.202150.818@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
- >>
- >>First of all Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly on OS's. If you want to
- >>run DOS programs and you don't want to go to Microsoft you can buy
- >>DR DOS from digital research.
- >>
- >
- >Well, the problem is that I, as a customer, don't see the alternatives
- >to MS Windows or DOS when buying a computer. Why? Because almost every
- >system is bundled with Windows. How on earth could I make a fair price
- >comparison with other products, when I get Windows "free" (its price is
- >hidden as a part of the system).
- >
- >The bundling of Windows was the key to its success. Back in 1990,
- >Microsoft started a broad attack by selling Windows 3.0 preinstalled
- >with many systems. That's why I am having a hard time to believe
- >Microsoft's statement "We were suprised by the popularity of Windows
- >3.0". Why were they surprised when they gave it away with virtually
- >every computer sold?
-
-
- And popularity, in this case, doesn't necessarily equal units shipped.
-
- Think of all the machines that are now being bought specifically to
- run OS/2, Linux, UNIX, or whatever. The American computer marketplace
- already supports 6 large vendors of SVR3.2 and SVR4. It looks to me
- like Sun and NeXT know something if they are diving into this market.
-