> Such a great achievement, and so ahead of its time. Did this trend > discontinue simply because M$ wanted to dominate the OS world and > hence not want their softwares to run on non-Windows machines?
More because M$ dominated the OS world, and cross-platform development is difficult. If you want to go back to the early '80s, Lotus supplanted VisiCorp in the spreadsheet market because VisiCalc only ran on the Apple II, while 1-2-3 ran on DOS. Of course, as Microsoft acquired various software companies (like our friends at Fox Software), they had a vested interest in making sure their products only ran on Microsoft OSs. -Jerry _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/510bfd36.32018.143...@jwolper.swanzoco.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
