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- From: cantor@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.184052.9220@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
- References: <1992Dec27.195718.3438@microsoft.com> <1992Dec28.031448.13378@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec29.070442.20836@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:40:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.070442.20836@microsoft.com> robertre@microsoft.com (Robert Reichel ms2) writes:
- >
- >The continual rapid mutation of the computer industry makes the entire
- >notion of a "monopoly" on some aspect ridiculous. Does anyone really
- >think that DOS in its current form will continue to dominate the market
- >5 years from now?
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- Yep. How long have mainframes dominated corporate computing? The only
- move people will be making from DOS will be to DOS + Windows as more and more
- 286's are phased out. And if what I read about MS's plans in InfoWorld is
- true, I'm even more convinced because a 16 bit/32 bit hybrid DOS is being
- written that will run a fully 32-bit version of Windows that basically gives
- you NT without the networking or security. But DOS will still lie underneath
- it. It's not going anywhere.
-
- >Competition in the OS market is much more intense
- >now than it was 5 years ago, and I personally expect that trend to
- >continue. Any one of SunOS-NextStep-OS/2-Nt-Solaris-Pink-etc could
- >be the next DOS, though it is more likely that they will just each
- >end up with some share of the high-end market.
-
- I agree, but UNIX will still no more than a niche player on the
- desktop, and OS/2 is stuck in that same limbo unless and until apps start
- appearing.
-
- >* Happy ex-developer of OS/2 v2
- >* -----
- >* "Not even close to being a Microsoft spokesbeing"
- >* Robert Reichel (robertre@microsoft.com)
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