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I'm still not sure of your point?
Sure they make billions and would like to make even more billions. That's a given.

You suggested this was 'piecemeal' income.
They actively try to make sure that this initial income leads to other income streams - apps, servers and middle-ware etc.
Some might even call this 'lock in'.

That's my $0,000,000,000.02

Joe
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Competition from Linux / OpenOffice forced this.  DonnieBoy | 05/25/04
Half a loaf  IT_User | 05/25/04
Curious...  Anton Philidor | 05/25/04
Answer...  IT_User | 05/25/04
That's understandable but..  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
Agree completely  IT_User | 05/25/04
Strategy  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
What makes it a "pain point"?  Anton Philidor | 05/25/04
In truth, I don't know  IT_User | 05/25/04
i hope you are right,  ryusen | 05/25/04
i hope you are right  beepster | 05/26/04
re: beepster  ryusen | 05/26/04
Good point, since when did MS support anything.  DonnieBoy | 05/25/04
Your loaf half full?  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
Don't you think they would like multiple billions instead?  IT_User | 05/25/04
I'm still not sure of your point?  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
Look at it this way  IT_User | 05/25/04
Now I get you. Thanks. (NT)  seosamh_z | 05/25/04
The timing is not a coincidence  Anton Philidor | 05/26/04
Considering the old standard  nucrash | 05/26/04
I wonder if that's part of the reason for delaying Longhorn.  Anton Philidor | 05/26/04
But the truth of the matter is.  nucrash | 05/26/04
This "feature" will go over big  Chad_z | 05/25/04
It didn't say "automatically"  rapson | 05/25/04
Really Anti-competition move  voiceofreason_z | 05/25/04
you know nothing about windows security do you?  JoeMama_z | 05/25/04
Oxymoron  IT_User | 05/25/04
you are soooo clever.  JoeMama_z | 05/25/04
Good, will my "Win2K only for games" PC support DirectX 10?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/25/04
Um, I must be out of the loop...  Confused by religion | 05/25/04
its microsofts fault!!!!  JoeMama_z | 05/25/04
Win2K is not a good OS for games  hermann@... | 05/26/04
How's the security check supposed to work?  Anton Philidor | 05/25/04
Keyrack! Another long ball.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/04
Go Team!  tic swayback | 05/25/04
Personally...  ryusen | 05/25/04
Proves that real competition is good.  Plain Logic | 05/25/04
too little too late  pcss | 05/25/04
what i see  ryusen | 05/25/04
In response to this part of your statement...  Confused by religion | 05/25/04
to clarify:  ryusen | 05/25/04
support?  Louis Ross Focke | 05/26/04
What choice do they have?  Richard Flude | 05/25/04
Strange  gerry.sullivan@... | 05/25/04
You're all missing the hidden truth.  agent469@... | 05/25/04
Nothing new  dj_45_cal | 05/26/04
Support without becoming a monopoly  swgoldwire | 05/25/04
Longer Support  LeeR_z | 05/25/04
Yawn...  Confused by religion | 05/25/04
Steal code from Linux???  dj_45_cal | 05/26/04
Umm.. according to the GPL...  nucrash | 05/26/04
gpl and  Louis Ross Focke | 05/26/04
You're right!!!  dj_45_cal | 05/26/04
It's open...  LongShipUser | 05/26/04
being open,  ryusen | 05/26/04
what about Win 95, 98, 2000 and NT?  visormiser1 | 05/25/04
RE: Win 95 & Win 98  hermann@... | 05/26/04
Longer support???  stan-wells@... | 05/26/04
98 ain't dead  johnj83 | 05/26/04
Yea, right......  DBaker102 | 05/26/04

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