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From: Jerzy Tarasiuk
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 00:00

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>>>>> "E" == Eric Smith <eric@telebit.com> writes:

E> Which decisions were those?  It seems to me that he must be making pretty
E> good decisions, or Microsoft wouldn't be what it is.

One good decision was enough: to make OS for IBM's PC.
The fact PC-s are so popular caused Microsoft's success.
PC-s became so popular because IBM published their design
and many firms on Taiwan were making IBM PC clones...

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From: jt@fuw.edu.pl (Jerzy Tarasiuk)
Subject: Re: Application Chauvinism by Major FTP site
Date: 1995/06/23
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