Re: What's to become of the Apple II?

[Eric Chomko <chomko@haven.ios.com>]

In alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt Ken Payne <> wrote:
: "Tom Zuchowski" <tjz@mindspring.com> wrote:

: >Heh.  Let's see... Netscape has EIGHTY-SIX percent of the web browser
: >market, and chooses to sue MS rather than compete with them?  I see
: >monopolistic behavior, all right, but it's not at MS.
: >

: Microsoft is the one who's dumping their browser for free because it
: can't compete.  Alot of companies then have no choice but to use
: Microsoft's browser (if you've got to get a 1000+ user license it's
: not cheap to buy the browser).....  Netscape doesn't have the cash
: cows that Microsoft has - Microsoft can give away their browser
: indefinately until they put Netscape out of business.

You mean like IBM did to the clone market?!

Eric

: >TomZ
: >
: >pubpc17@library.ucla.edu wrote in article
: ><577pcj$1qig@uni.library.ucla.edu>...
: >> No matter how much you hate Wintel (Micosoft's monopolistic behavior
: >> in the Netscape, Win NT, Explorer fiasco is deplorable), you can't
: >> help but understand why they have succeeded.  You never lost the
: >> ability to run your software or access your data on a Wintel.
: >

: -Ken, 1967 Ford F100, 390FE V8 - Fordnatic
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