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Feb 23, 2005, 1:13 AM
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Re: [Cruel__Machine] Which Operating System overall is better?
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Here we go again.
Yes, Cruel__Machine, there ARE reasons Windows is the best. Here they are:
Although MS-DOS was the dominant operating system being used in the clones, it was not the only one, and certainly never the best (remember, it was a copy of a command-line operating system designed in 1975 for computer hobbyists using 8-bit computers, and it was now the mid-80's with its 16-bit computers). But Microsoft made sure that their dominance in the OS market for IBM PCs quickly turned into a near-monopoly. They devised a licensing agreement that required any company which desired to use MS-DOS on some of their computers pay Microsoft for each computer they sold, regardless of whether MS-DOS was on that specific computer. Since MS-DOS was already the dominant operating system, the business model of the majority of the IBM clone manufacturers depended on selling it with some of their computers. They were therefore left with no choice but to agree to Microsoft's licensing plan. But now that they had agreed to it, they were required to pay for two operating systems when they wanted only to put a non-Microsoft operating system on their computer. This, of course, made it rare to find a computer which did not come with MS-DOS, establishing Microsoft's monopoly in the IBM PC operating system market.
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Microsoft again used its dominance in one market -- this time Macintosh software -- to force the industry to bend to its wishes. It threatened to discontinue development of Macintosh applications unless Apple licensed portions of the Mac OS. This would have been a major blow to Apple, since Microsoft was the dominant software provider for the Mac. So Apple was strong-armed into licensing parts of their OS to Microsoft. Windows 1.0 was introduced later that year.
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In 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0. By then, Microsoft had clearly gone far beyond its licensing agreement with Apple, and had stolen patented intellectual property.
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Microsoft released Windows 95 on August 24, 1995, supposedly completing their theft of the Macintosh look and feel, but the change was only one of appearance. Deep down, Windows 95 is still QDOS.
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So, as we've seen, Microsoft's dominant market position was not earned by innovative products and a vision, but was acquired through luck and deception.
(from http://members.aol.com/machcu/msrise.html)
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