Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 18:47:49 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Unix Gurus shift to Microsoft (fwd) Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970408184747.00a54250@etinc.com>
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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 > > > >
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