>>>> like mini computers earlier entered the medium businesses.
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>>>Have you seen any DEC, Prime, or Data General computers lately?
>>>Lots of people invested millions in those systems which were quickly obsoleted by PC's a few years later.
>>>Those who stayed on main frames and went directly to PC's saved millions.
>>>Again, judgement matters.
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>>Again your reply is way out of the point … we were discussing the market trends in the late 70’s and you argue that there are no more mini computers today… surrealist
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>>Judgment matters where reason fails
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>You've mentioned Lightswitch and Silverlight a few times. I don't think it took a "20 year plan" mindset to recognize those were "tools in search of a problem".
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>Not that they didn't have their merit - they had some - but that's a really low-hanging fruit argument.

Lightswitch -concur.
Silverlight - I think MS did give it a real try and failed miserably