Sermo Malifer wrote:
>Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft is not prepared to deal with these market dynamics.
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>Sure they are. They've been diversifying for some time now.
But nothing they've done lately comes close to the success of their
Windows and Office products...
>They didn't get to be where they are by being stupid.
No, but let's not chalk it all up to being "smart", either. Most of
it is simply the fact that in the PC OS market lent itself to having a
de facto standard product, and they got the jump on everyone with
IBM's endorsement.
I will concede that Micro$oft are masters of dirty-dealing business
tactics. But even that has not helped them, in markets where they do
not have the advantage of overwhelming market share.
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