Operating Systems Direction Issues
David Reed
6/4/90
 The central issue in the operating system directions today is the 
apparent divergence of IBM's operating system direction from Microsoft's 
direction. This creates a very uncertain application development 
environment. It is not clear today wether following IBM's systems 
direction is a profitable direction.
 Our overall impression is that IBM has nearly completely post control of 
the operating systems directions of its systems. Consequently, Microsoft 
now is in more control of IBM's destiny than ever.
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/4000/PX04455.pdf
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court documents in the case of Comes v Microsoft.
 
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