An opinion about Microsoft
No, not my opinion, I try to keep these blog entries fairly short. The opinion is that of Scot Finnie, a frequent writer on computer subjects and currently editor at TechWeb. He has an interesting article where he gives some thought on what he thinks of Microsoft as a company. He complains that Microsoft has become like the old IBM that Microsoft bested in the computer markets of the past- uninterested in the basic consumer. He goes on to talk about the browser situation:
The Web browser market is the classic example. After competing all-out for the Web browser marketplace–and winning, hands down–Microsoft has barely done anything but tweak its Internet Explorer. It won the browser wars, so now seven years later an outmoded Web browser is our standard. What’s more, you can’t download it any more for free; Microsoft has decided that you must get your initial copy of Internet Explorer for Windows by buying a copy of Windows. If ever there were an example of why competition must be safe-guarded in a free-market system, this is it.
Scot does spend too much time talking about how IBM dropped the ball back in the 1980s and how they have improved, but he still manages to say some interesting things about Microsoft. Coming from a respected pro, they are worth reading.
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