Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:03:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: bob@luke.pmr.com, hoek@hwcn.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807214939.17491A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <199708080351.NAA00720@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > Bob Willcox writes: > > On Fri, Aug 08, 1997 at 11:09:23AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Tim Vanderhoek writes: > >>> On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> > >>>> Isn't it comforting to see that even Big Blue wasn't able to continue > >>>> ruling the world? > >>> > >>> Maybe. If Microsoft was what followed IBM, then I shudder to > >>> think of what will follow Microsoft. [....] > 4. This whole thing is probably cyclical. In the 1960s, IBM > recognized what the emerging computer market needed, and they > supplied it in a way which helped them to increase their lead from > their competitors. Microsoft did the same in the 80s. > Ultimately, I suspect, a sense of complacency and a lack of > interest in solving customer problems, combined with changes in > technology, caused IBM to come down from its pedestal. I'm sure > that the same will happen to Microsoft. Why is NT such a pig? > It's supposed to be a completely new start, but they've got so > locked into their corporate way of thinking that they can't really > start afresh. Meanwhile, what is Bill Gates going to do with Apple, assuming that Apple probably needs continuing infusions of funds and Microsoft therefore has some influence? --He got some anti-trust protection by keeping them alive (by agreeing to produce Mac versions of Excel etc. for 5 years) --He settled law suits, for an undisclosed sum --He got access to at least some software.... But as a long term strategy.... --Rewrite the graphics etc. apps where Apple is the leader for Windows (NT, whatever); let Apple struggle, die, get absorbed --Rewrite the whole operating system to run on Intel & compatible hardware, sell both operating systems, both sets of software (or the Mac OS as an "add-on" to Windows; automatic installation of both by clicking an icon, of course) Idle spectulation. Annelise
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