On Thu, 31 Aug 95 20:06:32 PDT t-narimn@microsoft.com wrote:
First, this is not a proper forum for launching an OS War (again). We should move this to the comp.os.*.advocacy.
>Yeah, but it's not necessarily loyality that makes a product live...
You'd be surprised. Look at Apple.
>In the long run, what will have the most impact is the Revenue at the
>end of the year for ardi...
True. But also where the *potential* revenue is coming from. If 5,000 OS/2 users requested a native version of Executor, and 1 Windows 95 user said they wanted a native version, where is the potential revenue? Note that this is an example, and the numbers could be switched to make my point.
>Win95 may not be the best program on the market...
>but it sure is the best market for programs!!!!!
<Ahem> Depends on the market, wouldn't it? If ARDI is aiming at Corporate users (which, to be blunt, is where the money is), they may be better off programming a native NT or OS/2 or Sun version. Note that NT and 95 are not the same thing. There are subtle differences in programming. If they want the public consumer market, then yes, they probably should port to Win95, or, again, OS/2.
>Narimane Nabahi, of Team Microsoft!
If you are not speaking for MS, you may wish to include a disclaimer, as you posted from a Microsoft employee account, and that post could be interpreted as part of the $200 million of Windows 95 advertising.. <Grin>
Steve Sinnott, of Team Steve! (oh, and Team OS/2 as well.)
SCS Consulting, Inc.
Since I own the company, it's a safe bet that I speak for it.
