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And what they're able to do is they're able to illegally, we believe,
use that monopoly power to block competition. They're able to
strike exclusionary deals with PC manufacturers. They're able
to pay people to not use our software. And they're able to do
other things that monopolies are legally not allowed to do. We are going to cut off their [Netscape's] air supply. Everything
they're selling, we're going to give away for free. Vaporware "Embracing and extending" The history of Microsoft is that their first version is bad, their
second is better, and the third is when they hit their stride. Microsoft has succeeded by selling people what they want.. Users
wanted to know that their applications and operating systems would
work well together... Software developers wanted to sell to the
largest possible market, and they wanted the economy of a single
platform If people like Microsoft's products because they work well with
Windows, that is because working well with Windows is overwhelmingly
important to customers. When a product -- like Microsoft Money -- has failed to meet consumers'
expectations, Microsoft's OS monopoly has been no help at all
Marc Andreessen, Mitbegründer von Netscape Communications, in
ABC-Nightline vom 20.10.98
Paul Maritz, Leiter der Plattform-Gruppen-Abteilung bei Microsoft
Steve Case, Chairman von America Online in Business Week vom 19.1.98
Die Herausgeber von The Red Herring (2/98)
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