Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <907103252snz@vision25.demon.co.uk>, Phil Hunt
<philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> writes
>> Old or superceded does not equate to useless.
>
>Microsoft's entire business strategy is based on making old software
>useless, so you have to buy newer software (from them of course).

Microsoft's business strategy does not render older software useless.
Their stragety is to affect public perception so that people believe
that they MUST have the latest release.

Are we really basing all our expectations for the next 50 years in the
IT industry on what Microsoft has done in the past 15 years?

A LOT of people did that with IBM about 20 years ago.
-- 
Jason Clifford

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/30
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