Comments on: What Microsoft’s Brad Silverberg, Bill Gates, and Al Capone Have in Common http://techrights.org/2009/11/06/ishellbrowser-marvel-and-capone/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/11/06/ishellbrowser-marvel-and-capone/comment-page-1/#comment-75290 Yuhong Bao Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:30:16 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=21251#comment-75290 A quote from <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3j4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA53&dq=infoworld%20%20kildall%20microcomputer%20greedy&client=firefox-a&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q=&f=false" rel="nofollow">the May 25, 1981 issue of InfoWorld</a>: "Kildall, like many microcomputer entrepreneurs, has been tempted to wear too many hats. "You want all the business for yourself. I see all those application programs that I could write and sell for a couple of hundred dollars each." He prefers to stay out of the madness, however, not competing with hardware or software vendors. "We don't need to get greedy, we have plenty of business providing the software tools."" Now consider the fact that the only reason MS ended up providing the OS for the IBM PC instead of DR is that DR kind of dropped the ball. (Part of it may be IBM's fault, I heard that IBM asked DR to sign an NDA that had many problems.) A quote from the May 25, 1981 issue of InfoWorld:
“Kildall, like many microcomputer entrepreneurs, has been tempted to wear too many hats. “You want all the business for yourself. I see all those application programs that I could write and sell for a couple of hundred dollars each.” He prefers to stay out of the madness, however, not competing with hardware or software vendors. “We don’t need to get greedy, we have plenty of business providing the software tools.”"
Now consider the fact that the only reason MS ended up providing the OS for the IBM PC instead of DR is that DR kind of dropped the ball. (Part of it may be IBM’s fault, I heard that IBM asked DR to sign an NDA that had many problems.)

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/11/06/ishellbrowser-marvel-and-capone/comment-page-1/#comment-75276 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:10:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=21251#comment-75276 There are more examples just like that in <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/index.php/Development" rel="nofollow">here</a>. There are more examples just like that in here.

]]> By: Jose_X http://techrights.org/2009/11/06/ishellbrowser-marvel-and-capone/comment-page-1/#comment-75270 Jose_X Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:44:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=21251#comment-75270 This is one case that came out of api that was public and then private or something like that. The thing is that there are any number of internal OS API that we'll never hear about that give Microsoft apps superior performance and integration advantages. This is one major reason why I don't understand why anyone would develop for the Windows platform if they had a reasonable alternative. It's pathetic competing in a lopsided playing field. Why would I help their platform (with FOSS) when clearly the give-take is not symmetrical [we are open they are closed and dirty]. This is one case that came out of api that was public and then private or something like that. The thing is that there are any number of internal OS API that we’ll never hear about that give Microsoft apps superior performance and integration advantages.

This is one major reason why I don’t understand why anyone would develop for the Windows platform if they had a reasonable alternative. It’s pathetic competing in a lopsided playing field. Why would I help their platform (with FOSS) when clearly the give-take is not symmetrical [we are open they are closed and dirty].

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