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|>>But wait, wasn't |>>1,2,3 the #1 spreadsheet app for a while? Why isn't it now? |> |>Because MS sold their product for cut rate prices until they gained |>dominant market share, not to mention tweaking the OS in |>their favor and |>against Lotus. | | | Assuming that's true, so what? That sounds like good business to me. | And if Lotus didn't like these alleged tweaks, they could have created | their own operating system. More on cars: Should Edelbrock get pissed | at Mopar for making products that are "tweaked" to work well in | Chrysler-based engines?
The first one is just good business, the second one was taking unfair advantage of their dominant os market share, just like standard oil or US steel.
- -- Chris Berry chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Systems Administrator JM Associates & Coast Business Service
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