Comment Ah! interoperability Modularity (Score 1) 827
What about interoperability? Modularity?
Ah Yes, of course. microsoft is on top because there code is very interoperable, and uses non proprietory,open formats to make it easier for others to make interoperable software. And examples would be Ms version of kerberos, their JVM, their extensions to javascript, html, etc, etc.
As for modularity, they have themselves claimed in court that their code parts are so intertwined that they cannot be isolated. And of course, Your(or mine) boss cares a lot whether MS Word is modular on not, In fact, if it were not, he would stop using it!
The reason that someone is on the top is that it was chosen by IBM as the Os vendor when they launched the PC.
Ah Yes, of course. microsoft is on top because there code is very interoperable, and uses non proprietory,open formats to make it easier for others to make interoperable software. And examples would be Ms version of kerberos, their JVM, their extensions to javascript, html, etc, etc.
As for modularity, they have themselves claimed in court that their code parts are so intertwined that they cannot be isolated. And of course, Your(or mine) boss cares a lot whether MS Word is modular on not, In fact, if it were not, he would stop using it!
The reason that someone is on the top is that it was chosen by IBM as the Os vendor when they launched the PC.
