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Re:VMware May Be Microsoft’s Top Rival After Google by michael_dorfman on Monday August 31, 2009 @02:51AM (#795539)
I think the whole premise of the article has to be re-examined. Microsoft doesn't have "a rival", per se-- it is competing in too many different arenas, and may or may not have significant rivals in each of them.
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Re:VMware May Be Microsoft’s Top Rival After Google by nebula on Monday August 31, 2009 @07:45AM (#795740)
it(MSFT) is competing in too many different arenas

That is one of the reasons I don't like them. Whenever someone comes up with something innovative, MSFT jumps into that area, copies the concepts; uses the financial muscle and its huge presence the existing markets to kill the competition. Netscape is only an example of that strategy. It's a bad thing for a lot of potential startups.

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