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Symptomatic Microsoft's domain is not on this list. Looks like they missed the internet revolution.
by bonzoq 12y ago
Symptomatic Microsoft's domain is not on this list. Looks like they missed the internet revolution.
- dbarlett 12y agoYes, famously. Bill Gates sent his "Internet Tidal Wave" memo in 1995 and admitted they were behind: Some competitors have a much deeper involvement in the Internet than Microsoft. All UNIX vendors are benefiting from the Internet since the default server is still a UNIX box and not Windows NT, particularly for high end demands, SUN has exploited this quite effectively. [...] Browsing the Web, you find almost no Microsoft file formats. After 10 hours of browsing, I had not seen a single Word .DOC, AVI file, Windows .EXE (other than content viewers), or other Microsoft file format. [...] A new competitor “born” on the Internet is Netscape. Their browser is dominant, with 70% usage share, allowing them to determine which network extensions will catch on. They are pursuing a multi-platform strategy where they move the key API into the client to commoditize the underlying operating system. [1] http://www.wired.com/2010/05/0526bill-gates-internet-memo/all/ http://www.wired.com/2010/05/0526bill-gates-internet-memo/al...