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Windows faces new competition: Itself | |
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| Time: 19:32 EST/00:32 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Jonathan Tigner | ||
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In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows. In April 2002, the software maker's chairman, Bill Gates, testified that too many versions of Windows would be bad for consumers and for competition. But since then, Microsoft has essentially doubled--to about two dozen--the number of "current" versions of the operating system software. The goal behind the proliferation, analysts say, is in fact to create competition of sorts, within Microsoft's own monopoly market. They say the variations indicate the company understands that consumers and businesses crave choice. More versions could also boost sales and fill niches left vacant by the lack of external alternatives | ||
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| #1 By 1868 (141.133.152.21) at 4/21/2003 10:42:09 PM |
| Its all the same underlying architecture, and MS is doing a good job so far of keeping everything in synch. I don't see the problem with the fragmentation as it is all the same platform just designed for niche markets. |
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