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Subject:Re: MS loses market share to publishers - why? From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 16 Dec 1998 05:28:59 -0800
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:55:15 +0100, John Cornellier wrote:
>Why doesn't Bill Gates do the same and,
Maybe Microsoft doesn't consider the publishing market a big enough niche
just yet? Remember how they poo-pooed the Internet... until it almost
left them behind. Now that they've managed to blitz that market, expect
them to look for somewhere else to play catch-up.
>more importantly, what other parallels can we draw between
>Messrs. Gates & Disney?
The words "Mickey Mouse" come to mind in numerous different contexts...
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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