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>I think MS is much better at watching their back than IBM was.
An interesting comment, what makes you think that???
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Not sure of Barbara's thoughts, but one thing that makes me agree that MS seems a little "better at watching their back" is the speed with which they recovered after initially dropping the ball on the internet. If IBM could have made a similar turnaround in 1988-90 or so, this would have been a very different decade. On the other hand, the no-anti-trust-lawyer argument is a good one against them.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. - Bertrand Russell