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- From: tkevans@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Tim Evans)
- Subject: Re: >>>>>> Novell to buy USL
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- Organization: DuPont Engineering Physics Laboratory
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:37:37 GMT
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- ssimmons@convex.com (Steve Simmons) writes:
-
- >> However, as I posted earlier, this move by Novell is basically a symptom
- >> of the pressure Microsoft is applying to them. They are desperate. It
- >> is my unqualified opinon that this move will destroy Novell just as
- >> Borland is suffocating from their purchase of AT.
-
- >Good point; however, there is one main difference. The FTC is watching
- >Microsoft very closely now and Microsoft may be divided into smaller
- >pieces. This may even kill Windows/NT. As we all know, a product is
- >more likely to be killed by negative externalities then for good
- >technical reasons.
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- Today's Baltimore Sun suggests that the Novell/USL merger will
- create a company large enought to compete effectively with
- Microsoft, and that the Government may just drop its anti-
- trust investigation of Microsoft.
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