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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.213348.11956@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 21:33:48 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Dec22.200742.28629@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1hadt5INNeu1@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
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- In article <1hadt5INNeu1@hpscit.sc.hp.com> kitchin@lf.hp.com (Bruce Kitchin) writes:
- >
- >There was a quote last winter/spring attributed to Maples of MS by the
- >Wall Street Journal. At the time I thought it a very strange statement
- >to be made by an executive of a company under investigation for monopolisitic
- >practices (the FTC investigation was already public knowledge). Does
- >anyone know more about what was actually said and did it mean what it
- >sounds like it means? What he was quoted as saying is roughly, all he
- >wants is for MS applications to get a fair share of the market and by
- >fair share he means 100%. I don't have the direct quote but I clearly
- >recall that what was printed included the idea the Maples wanted MS to get
- >a fair share and that Maples was quoted in the same breath as defining
- >a fair share as 100%. Was this a journalistic error or exageration?
- >Was this a slip on Maples part revealing MS's real strategy? Anyone
- >have any facts to add to the WSJ report?
-
- 100% market share should be the goal of any company - it's
- not an acheivable goal, but in order to meet their responsilbity
- to the stockholders, the directors of the company must do their
- best to maximize profits. 100% market share is without a doubt
- the best way to do this.
- In other words, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the quote
- was correct. I also don't think it's an uncommon sentiment.
-
- -Phil
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