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Article #1289Re: Free capitalism <> Microsoft (Re: Windows 95 & OS/2
From: jshi... Jason Shiffler
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 00:00
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there are a couple points of your letter i don't quite understand
1. you say no one can compete with msn
what about aol compuserve, genie, delphi, etc...
if you want those services all you have to do is
watch their commericials or read their ads and
ask for a free trial. computer stores even carry demo
disks. so how does msn have no competition.
2. no one forces you to buy anything. If you don't like
Ms office you can buy wpoffice lotus smart suite
or borland office. don't like windows? buy os/2
don't like microsoft networking products? buy
novell. don't like dos ? buy pc dos or novells dos.
what i'm trying to say is that microsoft has been successful
because 1. they have good products
2. they are affordable
3. they are able to meet committments to
to computer manufacturers and they have
earned their trust
microsoft is certainly an aggressive company, but if you
don't have good products people will eventually turn away
and select the alternatives.
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