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Re: why

I was "squished" at both Borland and Netscape
and I am hardpressed to think of any real innovation
that Microsoft is responsible for. This isn't to say
there aren't things that MS does very well, but the
big ideas have invariably come from outside the
Redmond.

-----Original Message-----
>From: George Scithers 
>Sent: Dec 17, 2005 5:58 AM
>To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: why
>
>Problem isn't that MicroSquish innovates -- it is that they do it
>so badly!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "J R FOX" 
>To: 
>Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 1:59 PM
>Subject: Re: why
>
>
>
>> MS killed off all the competition in huge swaths of
>> the software biz. Once you are totally dominant and
>> complacent in your dominance, what incentive is there
>> to innovate ? And what incentive is there for anyone
>> else to attempt to compete with new products ?
>>
>>
>> Jordan
>>
>>
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