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Article #206Re: "Why Mono is Currently An Unacceptable Risk"
From: asj
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 03:18
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 03:18
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Jango Johnny <a@hoo.a.hey> wrote in message news:<1330989.2zR4MQvhFA@news.west.earthlink.net>... > Lawsuits, in business, are the *crybaby* response. > > And no, they don't work. well, actually, patent infringement lawsuits probably work pretty well so long as there is merit. if it did't, companies wouldn't spend so much time and effort protecting their intellectual property. > > The companies M$ destroyed: Lotus, Netscape, and so on -- were destroyed on > simple business merit. M$ offered a better solution, or a more compelling > reason to use their technology. These were swift, clean kills, and > everyone knew why. well, obviously, you don't know why...netscape was dead the moment microsoft bundled a free IE with windows...it's as simple as that....long time back, i asked my isp why they gave ie with their cd and not netscape (you had to pay extra for them to give it to you)...simple answer was ie was free, netscape was trying to charge for their product (which was their main source of revenue). NO ONE is going to pay $50 for a browser when the IE icon was in each and every windows desktop. and lotus is alive and well as a division in IBM.
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