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What you're saying is essentially: If we can't come up with a way in which Microsoft could proceed to the Extinguish phase, they can't. Because clearly, if we,
by scbrg 6y ago
What you're saying is essentially: If we can't come up with a way in which Microsoft could proceed to the Extinguish phase, they can't. Because clearly, if we, after spending five minutes thinking about it, can't come up with something, then it is also impossible for this company that has spent three decades perfecting the concept, and literally has billions of dollars to throw at the problem.
Presumably because we smart and they dumb. Or something, I don't know?
Personally, I think that their thirty years of experience and billions of dollars might make it possible for them to come up with a plan I wouldn't have thought of.
- prirun 6y agoI agree with you. Microsoft plays a long game. Through giving out promotional / free copies of Excel, with 1-2-3 compatiblity, they killed Lotus. The same with Word and Wordperfect. The same with Netscape. And those companies completely dominated their markets. As market leaders maybe they were lazy, taking profits, and not enhancing their product. That happens with most market leaders. But the fact is, it is impossible to charge $150 for WordPerfect when Microsoft is giving away a compatible word processor. As their only / primary source of revenue, WordPerfect and Lotus could not survive a free competitor. They don't have to kill Linux, and in fact, would not want that IMO, because then someone might bring another pesky antitrust suit against them. But if they can dent it in any way, they will. For those who say Microsoft has changed, is a different company, is embracing open-source, etc.: if that truly is the case, wouldn't they release DirectX for all Linux distributions, not just theirs?