[Am-info] X-BoB a big loser?

[Sujal Shah]

On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 08:11, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
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> 
> Looks like Microsoft's attempts to enter markets other than Windows
> aren't working.  That's a very bad sign for the company because they
> know that the PC OS market is pretty well saturated.  They simply can
> not sustain their accustomed rate of growth without breaking into other
> markets, like gaming, broadcasting, etc.  But it ain't working.
>

Actually, they can.  By actually leveraging their monopoly power in
office applications and desktop operating systems to raise prices on
customers (i.e. "Software Assurance").  While I remain convinced that
viable alternatives exist for both markets, I haven't noticed any
mainstream switch away from Microsoft products in those two markets.  

Which is too bad.

Sujal

 
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