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zimon is offline zimon
2011-03-07 , 22:21
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#18
Originally Posted by mishmich View Post
MS did not achieve desktop dominance by conforming to standards determined by committees. It created its own standards. Why do you think a foundation that is dominated by hardware vendors and seeks to impose standards (however laudable that aim may be) will be more successful than a dynamic company?
When MS achieved its dominance, there wasn't standards.
Later, when Internet came outside of universities, MS tried to do the same, dominate Internet without standards, but it failed.

Also in mobile phones and PDAs, MS has tried 14 years and failed miserably. Now after 6 months of its latest version WP7, the market share has continued to diminish, -2%.