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On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:49:40PM -0400, Hans Boldt wrote: > I understand what you're saying. But for almost the past decade, IBM > has had a severe aversion to battling MS on MS's terms. The last > time we tried that was with OS/2, and few execs in this company want > that to happen again! The failure of OS/2 was almost completely IBM's fault. They essentially didn't market it at all. This, coupled with M$'s muscle, led to PC makers preinstalling Windows exclusively. (IBm had the power to break that, but wouldn't use it. Having power and being afraid to use it is worse than not having power at all, IMAO.) This pattern, which we see over and over, just supports my contention that IBM couldn't market a pitcher of ice water to a thirsty Bedouin camel herder at high noon on August 15 in the middle of the Sinai!
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