Mxsmanic mxsmanic gmail.com wrote:

John Doe writes:

But it all makes so much sense having lived through the era being
very interested in personal computing.

I don't understand this statement.

Since you removed the context, it's no wonder.

Because it puts the operating system maker's applications at a
significant advantage over the competition.

Are you saying that Microsoft Office is only one application?

Yes.

That answer is on par with half of your arguments.

So why wouldn't they be interoperable?

Because they would all use different file formats, for example.

Which doesn't mean anything by itself.

That's $2,290,000,000 in one quarter.
I bet that's more than all other PC software companies combined.

It's not,

Says the same guy who thinks Office is one application?

https://www.microsoft.com/msft/earni...rel_q1_04.mspx






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