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At 12:23 PM 4/3/2002, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
  
>Brett writes:
>
>> Actually, Netscape was doomed long before MSIE
>> became even as good as Navigator, because Microsoft
>> used both predatory pricing and leverage of
>> its Windows monopoly.
>
>Can you provide a timeline for this?

See the records from the DoJ case, at http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/.

>Microsoft didn't start out with a lot of money, and somehow it survived.  

Actually, Gates was rich from the get-go. He came from a very wealthy
family.

>Of course, Microsoft hired smart people.

This had nothing whatsoever to do with its success. Microsoft succeeded
primarily by default.... Its much larger competitor, DRI, didn't show up to 
provide a DOS for the IBM PC. Microsoft licensed a mediocre product from
Seattle Computer products, called it its own, and the rest is history.

--Brett Glass


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