From: Mike '/m' 

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:16:44 -0000, "Adam Flinton"
 wrote:

>
>"Peter Sawatzki"  wrote in message
>news:MPG.18ab844ed21f08069896e4{at}news.barkto.com...
>> > > MS was always able to compete on it's own merits and it
still is. Hmm,
>> > > wasn't it a Microsoft Z-80 card I was using in my Apple
][ years ago?
>> > > Fine product! Isn't Office still king on the Mac ?
>> > >
>> >
>> > If it was able to compete on it's own merit alone then why didn't it?
>> >
>>
>> I think this was not the question.
>>
>
>If their products can stand on their own merits why the various
>bundling/tying tactics between OS & apps?


Microsoft admitted that IE could not stand on its own merit, that it had to
be bundled with Windows to become an ongoing product.

 /m

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