Hi Wil,
While I respect your opinion about Gates and MS I also have my opinion which is "Only the strong survive in business". Yes he more than likely used pressure to buy companies or to make them go away, That's ethical business practice in my book.
If MS is wrong then what about all the other industries that have monlith companies as well?
He is good at what he does and others are jealous of it and want his money so they sue because MS has marketshare, they sue because he wont add their product to HIS, they sue because his product is better marketed, they sue because he knows how to make a profit and they don't. (see the latest news about AOL/Netscape). Sun can't get people to use their products so they sue because MS wont add their product into the MS product. Well if Sun made something with MASS market appeal then MS would surely want it. But alas Sun does not have MASS market appeal so MS does not want it. In fact, they said "to hell with Java" in XP and are well into the development on .NET. So Sun is going byebye in the not to distant future because they do not know how to MASS market. Sure they know how to slam MS at every conference, sure they know how to hire a legal team to go after MS everytime they get a sore nose from crying so much in their beer.
Do you think since Coke has global share that they should include Pepsi in their distribution? Do you think since Honda has significant marketshare that they should also distribute Kawasaki and Suzuki? THe list goes on and on...
"All is not fair in love and war". Well "and in business" should be added to that statement. It is not about being fair, giving the other guy a break or taking it easy on the little guy. It is about profit! It is about marketshare! It is about control! It is about being the best! There is always a second place in every industry, it just seems that in the software industry they forgot to learn about being a good sport when they lose.
While I respect your opinion about Gates and MS I also have my opinion which is "Only the strong survive in business". Yes he more than likely used pressure to buy companies or to make them go away, That's ethical business practice in my book.
If MS is wrong then what about all the other industries that have monlith companies as well?
He is good at what he does and others are jealous of it and want his money so they sue because MS has marketshare, they sue because he wont add their product to HIS, they sue because his product is better marketed, they sue because he knows how to make a profit and they don't. (see the latest news about AOL/Netscape). Sun can't get people to use their products so they sue because MS wont add their product into the MS product. Well if Sun made something with MASS market appeal then MS would surely want it. But alas Sun does not have MASS market appeal so MS does not want it. In fact, they said "to hell with Java" in XP and are well into the development on .NET. So Sun is going byebye in the not to distant future because they do not know how to MASS market. Sure they know how to slam MS at every conference, sure they know how to hire a legal team to go after MS everytime they get a sore nose from crying so much in their beer.
Do you think since Coke has global share that they should include Pepsi in their distribution? Do you think since Honda has significant marketshare that they should also distribute Kawasaki and Suzuki? THe list goes on and on...
"All is not fair in love and war". Well "and in business" should be added to that statement. It is not about being fair, giving the other guy a break or taking it easy on the little guy. It is about profit! It is about marketshare! It is about control! It is about being the best! There is always a second place in every industry, it just seems that in the software industry they forgot to learn about being a good sport when they lose.
