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But wasn't Microsoft's real success due to its business practices versus its technology? For example, it made key partnerships which they were able to leverage
by kqr2 16y ago
But wasn't Microsoft's real success due to its business practices versus its technology? For example, it made key partnerships which they were able to leverage very effectively to gain market share.
- inerte 16y agoChicken and egg. How do you make key partnerships without great tech? Think about OEM customization, i18n/l10n, backwards compability (etc). If MS didn't know how to do these, history would be different.
- enjo 16y agoWasn't the entire foundation of the company built on a partnership for which literally no tech (owned by Microsoft at least) existed?
- kqr2 16y agoKeep in mind the term "vaporware" was coined by a Microsoft engineer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware Microsoft was infamous for announcing products that they didn't have ready. This often discouraged corporations from buying competing products. In this case, business trumped technology.