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Quo vadis Microsoft?

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40hz:
Then he says

Microsoft didn’t invent the PC but benefited from its invention. Microsoft didn’t invent BASIC, they didn’t invent the PC operating system, they didn’t invent word processor, spreadsheet, or presentation applications, they didn’t invent PC games, they didn’t invent the graphical user interface, they didn’t invent the notebook or the tablet, they didn’t invent the Internet, they didn’t invent the music player or the video game, but they benefited from all these things.
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...and I can't understand how that relates to anything. Apple didn't invent any of these, either. Samsung didn't invent the smartphone, but they're already selling more units than Apple.
-tranglos (November 06, 2012, 04:39 PM)
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I think the point being made there is that these technical behemoths are unable to internally generate the innovation they benefit from. So they're essentially parasitic. And much like the USA, currently dependent on foreign "energy" sources to sustain their standard of living. Which in turn goes a long way towards understanding their hostility towards idependent innovation and their ongoing abuse of the patent and legal system to protect what technology they currently control. Something that's bad for everybody long-term.

40hz:
Desktop interface will not go away.  It's too efficient, too productive. 
-superboyac (November 06, 2012, 04:51 PM)
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Agree 100%. :Thmbsup: The desktop's broad adoption and near universal deployment is testimony to the fact it works in practice - and it's design paradigm makes sense.

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