On Sunday September 19 1999 at 20:01, Charles Gaefke wrote to Jack Stein:

 JS>> That will not happen unless or until WIN no longer totally dominates
 JS>> the desktop.  That will not happen I'm afraid.  There was a good
 JS>> opportunity fr 1991 to 1995, but IBM made certain it did NOT happen.

 CG> I think Windows has rode the wave.. and from here it's going to go
 CG> downhill.

I think that depends on the outcome of the various MS antitrust suits.  If MS
gets hammered, WinXX could end up very much dead.  If MS gets off scot free,
or even with another slap on the wrist, the Microsoft monopoly will grow
explosively, likely in areas beyond the computing field.



If Linux can sustain its growth rate for another few years, Microsoft just
might have something to worry about.  OS/2 is out of the race.

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