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On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 05:58:46 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com>
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> Doesn't that assume that nothing else would have filled in the demand if
> those two players hadn't been there?
What demand? Intel and MS _created_ much of todays' demand for
computing. They did this to make money.
Why do you think another software company other than MS would have
been any better? I know you're intelligent, so I'm not prepared to
believe "because Gates is Hell-spawn!!1!!!1!!".
Jasper
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| (...) Much as I would like to believe that sometimes IBM and MS are capable of creating something (1), this is one thing they simply grabbed and ran with. The *need* was already there; they simply told consumers that the *want* was there, only a few (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) No, not at all! First, I support someone's choice of platform they have chosen to develop for. Second, I understand that MS platforms are the chief money makers in the microcomputer software industry, and that there's a lot to be said for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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