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>Hardly.  DOOM is not what made the MS-DOS platform the dominant player
>that it is today.  Aggressive marketing tactics on Microsoft's behalf is
>to blame.  Everyone hates Microsoftn these days, but face it:  they earned
>their place on top of the hill by out-performing every other software
>company in virtually every aspect of the software industry.

   Not true.  I wouldn't call their performance impressive by any means.  The
only place where MS really excels is in marketing and business smarts (they're
clever in that they've managed to avoid the authorities for so long).  MS
became the huge monster they are today because, by maintaining their rights
to MS-DOS, the only "real" PC OS at the time, they were able to strong arm
other companies.  MS's strongarm tactics extended into the Windows family
right from the beginning and continues even with Win95.  Through anti-
competitive practices and unfair licensing agreements, MS has managed to
take its present stranglehold on the computer industry.  It was never
excellence.


Rob