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To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
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Subject: Re: FW: Unix Gurus shift to Microsoft (fwd) 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 08 Apr 1997 18:47:49 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 16:01:52 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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I am not thinking backwards and I am pretty sure specially in this Unix 
group that many will share your opinion. There are quite a number
of companies which can actually pull off the same number that Microsoft
just did. 

	See Ya,
	Amancio



>From The Desk Of dennis :
> At 02:47 PM 4/8/97 -0700, Amancio Hasty wrote:
> >
> >Yes, It is nice to chalked up to Microsoft the purchase of WebTV;however,
> >the real question is if any of the big computer companies even tried to ???
> >
> >There is a ton of lethargy in the computer industry or more like 
> >monkeys waiting to see what will happen next...
> >
> >	Amancio
> 
> You are thinking backwards. The lethargy is CAUSED by Microsoft's
> dominance. There is no competition for Windows because...who
> can compete with their marketing power? Who else could
> buy WebTV and put the kind of money into it that would be required
> to make such a stupid idea profitable?
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> >
> >>From The Desk Of dennis :
> >> At 02:30 PM 4/8/97 -0400, Peter Dufault wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> its not THAT outrageous...if you think those guys can't be bought (they
> >> >> already
> >> >> have been, in fact), then you're head is in the sand....stranger things
> >> have
> >> >> happened.....
> >> >
> >> >Anyone wanting to whip up their paranoia a level should get the latest
> >> >issue of Upside.  I don't think it is an April fool's issue.  Some high
> >> >points I remember include:
> >> >
> >> >Microsoft R&D $2e9 this year "and we're going to triple it" (they
> >> >don't say how fast though);
> >> >
> >> >Microsoft hardware group revenues $3e6 per employee;
> >> >
> >> >Microsoft presenting 20% of the papers at SIGGRAPH;
> >> >
> >> >etc etc.
> >> >
> >> >Especially entertaining is the discussion of the Windows CE platform,
> >> >which one article claims is a proprietary hardware and software
> >> >product with the manufacturers competing to be low cost contract
> >> >hardware manufacturers for Microsoft.
> >> 
> >> I wonder how long its going to take for the courts to bone up on this and
> >> understand what Microsoft has become. The WebTV acquisition is very
> >> troubing to me, as well as the fact that they also announced that the will
> >> be selling "diskless workstations". Pretty soon they will make everyone
> >> buy hardware from them also...it seems fairly clear that thats the
> direction 
> >> they are taking.
> >> 
> >> Dennis
> >
> >
> >
> >