Comment Re:WTF? (Score 1) 328
Although I respect Gates for his incredible business savvy, I agree with the "adopt and extend" moniker. This is how most large American companies tend to survive (witness the big 3 in Detroit).
In addition, how many times has Microsoft devoured a product and repackaged it as "A Microsoft Favorite". Word was simply MacWrite ver 1.2, Excel from the fires of Lotus 1-2-3 / VisaCalc, and let's really stop pretending about IE. I did see anyone from Redmond helping Andreessen with Mosaic. And then there are the other less known road kill on the Gates New Highway, such as Stacker.
Innovation is simply not a tenant of the Microsoft mantra.
In addition, how many times has Microsoft devoured a product and repackaged it as "A Microsoft Favorite". Word was simply MacWrite ver 1.2, Excel from the fires of Lotus 1-2-3 / VisaCalc, and let's really stop pretending about IE. I did see anyone from Redmond helping Andreessen with Mosaic. And then there are the other less known road kill on the Gates New Highway, such as Stacker.
Innovation is simply not a tenant of the Microsoft mantra.
