Comments on: Andreessen: MSFT did us a favour http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/24/andreessen-msft-did-us-a-favour/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/24/andreessen-msft-did-us-a-favour/comment-page-1/#comment-374270 mathewi Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:38:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2366#comment-374270 My point is that having a single dominant technology standard helped<br>the PC market develop early on -- Microsoft's monopolistic behaviour<br>later on is a separate issue. My point is that having a single dominant technology standard helped
the PC market develop early on — Microsoft's monopolistic behaviour
later on is a separate issue.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/24/andreessen-msft-did-us-a-favour/comment-page-1/#comment-341560 mathewi Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:38:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2366#comment-341560 My point is that having a single dominant technology standard helped<br>the PC market develop early on -- Microsoft's monopolistic behaviour<br>later on is a separate issue. My point is that having a single dominant technology standard helped
the PC market develop early on — Microsoft's monopolistic behaviour
later on is a separate issue.

]]> By: TFBW http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/24/andreessen-msft-did-us-a-favour/comment-page-1/#comment-341559 TFBW Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:37:38 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2366#comment-341559 "The fact is that having Microsoft dominate the market for personal computer operating systems helped more than it hurt the industry long-term."<br><br>What possible grounds do you have for asserting this as fact? Microsoft is a predatory monopolist, noted for killing its competitors, and also noted for not being very innovative (their persistent self-application of the term during the US antitrust era notwithstanding). This kind of environment does not foster progress or innovation. You must have a very particular notion of how this state of affairs is helpful. “The fact is that having Microsoft dominate the market for personal computer operating systems helped more than it hurt the industry long-term.”

What possible grounds do you have for asserting this as fact? Microsoft is a predatory monopolist, noted for killing its competitors, and also noted for not being very innovative (their persistent self-application of the term during the US antitrust era notwithstanding). This kind of environment does not foster progress or innovation. You must have a very particular notion of how this state of affairs is helpful.

]]> By: Thusenth http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/24/andreessen-msft-did-us-a-favour/comment-page-1/#comment-341555 Thusenth Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:17:39 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2366#comment-341555 It may have been luck, but I believe I read somewhere that his mother had a role to play with him landing IBM. Bill came from an influential family, and his mother was a well connected socialite I believe.<br><br>Furthermore, the most promising company that Bill took out had to have been HyperGlobalMegaNet, started by a chap named Homer Jay... can't remember that last name, but it was caught on camera. It may have been luck, but I believe I read somewhere that his mother had a role to play with him landing IBM. Bill came from an influential family, and his mother was a well connected socialite I believe.

Furthermore, the most promising company that Bill took out had to have been HyperGlobalMegaNet, started by a chap named Homer Jay… can't remember that last name, but it was caught on camera.

]]> By: Microsoft’s Contribution Was TCP/IP | Buy And Sell Domains http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/24/andreessen-msft-did-us-a-favour/comment-page-1/#comment-337716 Microsoft’s Contribution Was TCP/IP | Buy And Sell Domains Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:56:45 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2366#comment-337716 [...] a fascinating blog discussion going on here, here and here. The conversation is around Marc Andreessen’s refusal to trash Microsoft and [...] [...] a fascinating blog discussion going on here, here and here. The conversation is around Marc Andreessen’s refusal to trash Microsoft and [...]

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