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Re: Rhapsody DR1 -- Detailed Review in c't Magazine
From: [email protected] (John Bauer)
>
> Robert A. Decker wrote:
>
> > At one of the parties I was talking with an Apple exec (not too high up)
> > and he had a pretty strong belief that there's going to be some big changes
> > in who is going to be the big software producers for Macs. After seeing the
> > "Apple II Forever!" guy (now it's "Mac Forever!") I think agree...
>
> I definitely agree with this. Not only do I believe Microsoft will be
> very slow to write Yellow Box apps, but it would be in keeping with past
> history for the major software vendors of this "new" platform to come
> out of nowhere -- or more likely, the ranks of NeXTStep developers. Is
> that redundant? ;-)
>
> --
> John Bauer <remove NOT from email address above>
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Cornell University
Microsoft now has the ability to virtually annihilate any competitive product it wants by bringing it into the next version of Windows. There's evidence that they are aggressively seeking to extend that monopoly to the Internet, and policy makers have to be concerned about it. Congress has to strengthen the antitrust laws from time to time, and this could be one of those times.
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