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Microsoft Can't be Civilized

Microsoft Can't be Civilized 04/10/2004 12:41 PM

Cringley on Microsof t's hegemony:

"When they say they work in a heterogeneous environment, they list MS 95, MS98, NT4, W2K. Oh yeah, that's heterogeneous. In Silicon Valley, hardware people look forward to the day someone like Cisco buys their company or technology and makes them rich. Software people fear the day that Microsoft notices their niche because they will get sucked dry. Some have even said that venture capital people are tending to avoid software companies '...because Microsoft will pull a Netscape on you."
Microsoft is going to dominate computing for the next decade or two. The question is whether the company will sink its revenue-sucking needle into everything that contains software, including embedded devices and all information that moves. The scene has now been set for this. Only open source has a chance of slowing Microsoft. Watch the patent lawsuits. This is where Microsoft will apply its leverage. Everyone will complain, but by then it'll be too late.




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