From: jimall Mon Sep 9 11:09:33 1991
To: billg steveb
Cc: bradsi; jonl; mikemur; paulma
Subject winball
Date: Mon Sep 09 11:08:44 PDT 1991
The news on the street continues to confirm the IBM and Novell
announcements this week. DRDOS 6, Novell bundling, SLRP, and IBM
reselling DRDOS are the words. Still no real data on the details.
MS Response:
1. repackage DOS for PS/2's
2. integrate Windows with DOS, Common install. Make it so that there is
no reason to try DRDOS to get Windows.
This is much more important than 1, given the OEM deals that Novell will
try to do for DRDOS on the clone machines.
3. integrate winball with Windows 3.1
..
We must slow down Novell. The strongest action that we could take would
be to include networking with Windows for essentially a zero uplift in
price (maybe minor COGS uplift). As you said Bill, it has to be dramatic.
..
We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger.
http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00948.pdf
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synopsis: Integrate Windows with DOS to slaughter DR-DOS on the non IBM
desktop. Repackage DOS for PS/2's ..
What's the reference to 'DOS for PS/2', I thought OS/2 was still the
next generation OS. Given the mutually contradictory statements coming
out of these emails, I don't think it was only MS pre-announcing
vapourware to throw off the other fella and freeze the market, as not
actually having a long term strategy of their own.
Having spotted the next great threat, the typical reaction, and it
always was a reaction, was to pre-announce a me-too product that would
super-set the current enemies version of whatever. Then 'partner' with
the company, at the same time lean on everyone else not to do business
with them and quietly FUD their product. Eventually 'merge' with the
company and buy the stock at rock bottom.
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court documents in the case of Comes v. Microsoft.
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