Hating Microsoft (was: Rejuvenation of Apple)

Ray Peck (rpeck@PureAtria.COM)
Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:18:27 -0800 (PST)


Richard Brodie writes:
>One ironic note in the Apple-vs.-Microsoft struggle is that many people
>don't realize that Microsoft is and always has been the No.1 vendor of
>Mac software! We put IBM software on hold in the mid-'80s to do Mac
>first.

Yes. This just before telling all the application vendors that OS/2
was the way to go, developing all the Windows application software
themselves, and (virtually) killing off OS/2.

It's this sort of predatory practice that makes me, um, uncomfortable
with Microsoft.