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echo: osdebate
to: Don Hills
from: Geo
date: 2006-02-20 06:12:06
subject: Re: Office without Outlook?

From: "Geo" 

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
news:1qS+DtgaXGRL092yn{at}attglobal.net...

> No, they were never the good guys. Novell was a competitor with a
> majority market share so Microsoft used every dirty trick in the
> book, including predatory pricing, to unhook Novell's customers.
> IBM used to sell and support Netware at one time, and I recall several
> competitive analysis briefings where Microsoft's strategy was discussed.

Sorry to disagree, but they were price drivers, they listened to customers,
they trusted their customers..

Geo.

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