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IT Investor's Journal: Has Microsoft peaked?
« Reply #15 on: 12 July 2004, 03:01 »
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Originally posted by WMD:
If MS broke all existing apps, their monopoly would be in grave danger.  People would be waiting for new apps, and Linux people would be talking about how they already have more than Longhorn (which would be true for a time).  If people then listen, Windows won't have that 93%+ market share that MS thrives on.


Not to mention that Linux would be more compatible than windows is with itself if you use WINE. This is why they're probably going to have the legacy NT and DOS subsystems there for a while.