Re: Software company monopolies (Was Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Mark Evans
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00

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Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <F0ArMs.1nq@a2e.de>, PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de> writes
>>>MS does not have a monopoly. Anyone else can, if they choose, produce a
>>>better OS or a better office suite (come to think of it it has already
>>>been done!).
>>
>>Yes, and they have badly failed to gain market share.
>>Products don't compete by their merits but by their compatibility with
>>an existing social infrastructure which is owned by MS.

> Most of these products have failed due to one VERY simple fact. The
> companies behind them used crap marketing. MS is not dominant becuase
> their products are particularly good but becuase they are about the most
> effective marketing company there is!

It's certainly not on the quality of their products :)

Also that MS have targeted their marketing to "skip over" the
techies who would actually understand the issues. And to 
push to top managers who don't have much of a clue as
to what they actually are buying.

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From: Mark Evans <mark@grapefruit.ndirect.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Software company monopolies (Was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/05
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