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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: Is Microsoft the next Standard Oil?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.053145.3332@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Dec29.225839.15668@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1hsujcINNjrq@tamsun.tamu.edu> <1992Dec31.032124.1762@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1htv10INNp6c@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:31:45 GMT
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- In article <1htv10INNp6c@tamsun.tamu.edu>, bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs) writes:
- |> In article <1992Dec31.032124.1762@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
- |> |In article <1hsujcINNjrq@tamsun.tamu.edu>, bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs) writes:
- |> |
- |> ||> |With OS/2 and NeXTSTEP (both of which can run DOS _and_ Windows programs)
- |> ||> |Solaris, and Pink, I don't think Microsoft has faced as many competitors
- |> ||> |in its history.
- |> ||>
- |> ||> Agreed. Thats why MS wants to go back to the bad old days.
- |> |
- |> |So basically Microsoft is being forced into lower prices because of
- |> |competition in the marketplace. Things are working as they should.
- |>
- |> You still don't get it. As soon as the competitors are forced to
- |> liquidate, the prices go up.
-
- With OS/2 selling at a rate of 2 million copies a year, nobody is in any
- danger of liquidation.
-
- |> I don't want MS to control. I don't want IBM to control. I don't
- |> want one of the Unix variants to control. I want them all to exist.
-
- They will!! Neither IBM nor Sun nor NeXT are in any danger of going
- bankrupt. If Novell can purchase UNiX from USL, then they surely arn't
- in financial difficulties. Word Perfect still sells more copies than
- Microsoft Word. Lotus is King of spreadsheets, and Borland just about has
- the database picture locked up.
-