[clug-talk] M$ revenue falls, open source "blamed"

[Gustin Johnson]

Robert Lewko wrote:
> Thank you for that acknowledgement.
> 
> I would like to add that what also added to M$'s success  was the
> incredibly inept marketing of others and the stupid UNIX wars of the mid
> 80's and early 90's.  If Apple, Xerox and IBM had not been so steeped in
> the paradigm of the era (mainframes) and could have seen the
> consequences of hardware becoming cheaper by the day almost (commonly
> known as Moore's Law) then they may have been able to make something
> come of the technologies that they had in the 1980 period.

Say what you will about MS, they are one of the few big tech companies
to have not made a fatal mistake.  At least not yet.  Anyone remember
the Wordstar wars?  You know two competing products from the same
company that even had similar names.

Anyone remember Borlund?

<snip>

> All the stuff about BG being some technological whiz and a visionary is
> bullshit!!!

Actually BG was a talented programmer back in the day.  He may not be an
industry prophet, and he may not play by the rules, but at least get the
history straight.

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