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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!mail2news.alias.net!myriad!mylinuxbox!suck!netcom.com!ixnews1.ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: lirpa1@ix.netcom.com(Loof Lirpa) Newsgroups: alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.org.team-os2,alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is Microsoft's Internet plan more about its love of power than about users? Date: 9 May 1996 01:00:57 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4mqq8o$6js@news.aros.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ala-ca10-07.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed May 08 8:00:57 PM CDT 1996 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:22070 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:105304 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:135992 comp.os.os2.advocacy:200576 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:105101 comp.os.linux.advocacy:48670 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19023 In <4mqq8o$6js@news.aros.net> jbrush@aros.net writes: > >Same thing happens in computers. M$ has problems in their software, just like >all companies do. Problem is, M$ users don't get what they need cause BG >thinks they won't dare switch for fear of having to do something a little >differently, and history has shown that although he is a lousy software >developer, he is a good judge of his customers attitudes. > > > >John If what you said is true, then it makes Bill Gates' success all the more remarkable. If his software is so "lousy" and yet his office suite can control so much of the market, it must mean that there are a lot of dumb consumers and IS managers in this country. Did anybody ever said that one would never lose money by underestimating the intelligence of one's customers? :)