RE: no Java in XP Windows -- MIDRANGE-L

The other problem I see with that is this. Would your company give it's
product away to another to improve it and sell it as a competing product? I
think not, unless you are open source. It wouldn't happen, MS1 would have
WindowsXP, MS2 would have to build one from scratch. Granted they might be
able to create a similar product quite quickly, but actually designing
something new? At first I would have _loved_ to see M$ split up, but now I
realize that there are problems related to that. For one, you still have
Windows, the number one OS in the US, and you still have Office, the number
one office product in the US. Where is the competition in that? Honestly, I
think in a couple years Linux or Unix will finally have a commercial quality
product for the x86 platform which will hurt MS badly. So for a punishment,
I would stab MS a couple times with a knife (because slaps don't teach
lessons) and let them go. "Let the best product win!"

Mike Wills
IT Corporate Support
MNWills@taylorcorp.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Rehm [mailto:javadisciple@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 2:52 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: no Java in XP Windows


> ***What I'm suggesting is two companies that start with the same code
> base.***  Just split them up in two teams (ie companies).  Let them 
> duke
it
> out, and given the carnivarous atmosphere at M$, you would probably 
> see
some
> amazing innovation.  Therefore, more money for Bill Gates and his 
> shareholders.

Well, I wouldn't expect to see the same philosophy as you see now. After
all, both companies are Bill and his shareholders, right? So when they got
into a price war with each other and shaved their margins, it wold be less
money for them, right?

After all, just because there are now two companies doesn't mean there is
suddenly twice the market to chase after.

Also, while this solution might be great for the guy who wants to buy an
"all Microsoft" solution, it doesn't do anything for anyone who wants there
to be a market in which other companies can innovate and make money.
Netscape would not likely be able to bundle with either of the two
companies. Instead, we'd just have lower cost bundles of MS products.
Unless, of course, the two new companies didn't bother to drop their prices,
knowing that the market still has no choice but to deal with one or the
other of them.

> jJt

Chris Rehm
javadisciple@earthlink.net
If you believe that the best technology wins the
marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.


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