[KLUG Members] MSFT wins

Jason Hackney members@kalamazoolinux.org
Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:48:53 -0400


bob@acm.org wrote:

> >> > Breakup would be a political, economic and judicial nightmare.
> >> 1. Operating Systems
> >>         Windows... CE ME NT, etc.
> >> 2. Applications
> >>         Office, Project, Money, etc.
> >> 3. Network Products
> >>         MSIE, MSN, MS Messenger, Cable systems, etc.
> >> 4. Manufacturing
> >>         Mice, Keyboards, X-BOX, financing, etc.
> >Where does DOT NET fit?
>
> My call would be [3], Networking Products. Admittedly, there's going to
> be other judgement calls (MSIE, 2 or 3? I'd say 2); there will be in any
> event.

Isn't that the ultimate goal of .NET? To blur 1, 2, and 3.