maddog: Letter to InfoWorld: Linux 64-bit since 1995!
Paul Lussier
p.lussier at comcast.net
Fri Jan 6 22:28:01 EST 2006
"Ken D'Ambrosio" <ken at jots.org> writes:
> So, regarding x86-64, yeah, MS is pretty late to the party.
Ahm, but isn't that *exactly* what MS Excels (pun intended ;) at?
Seriously, they've been late to *every* single part to hit the
computing world:
Windows X Windows and Macs had them long before MS
Integrated Apps Gates has been quoted they'd never sell
(I believe there was Star(Calc,word... back in
the DOS days)
Internet MSN is where the future was supposed to be
Groupware Lotus Notes
Downloadable music iTunes
Web browsers Netscape
Honestly, I can't think of single where MS has been first in anything.
But from a business perspective, that's genius. Let everyone else
make all the mistakes, spend all the time, effort, and money
convincing the world this new thing is a great idea. Then, when the
world is finally convinced they need this new thing, but that all
current implementations aren't good enough, release what you've been
working on the whole time.
It's worked for them for the last almost 30 years, why stop now?
--
Seeya,
Paul
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