Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 17th Nov 2005 00:00 UTC
The Microsoft doubters are at it again. Skeptics are questioning Microsoft's ability to deliver on the "Windows Live" strategy outlined recently by Bill Gates and Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie. If history is a lesson, however, it's a mistake to underestimate Microsoft, a company that has repeatedly shown an ability to catch up to competitors when it falls behind, as it often does.
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2005-11-16
"The IE case is interesting because while MS did take advantage of bundling and breaking standards to try and build up a mass dependency on Windows and IE, without that browser I would have had to go to far more trouble to get a different browser on my computer, and eventually a different OS. "
I guess without IE you also had to go to a lot of trouble to get Office installed? I recall the old days where you had what you needed on CD to get you started...like maybe a copy of Netscape. It wasn't a big deal when IE did not come with Windows in the past...why would it be any different if this were still the case?