CNET News: Perspective: Ushering in a New Era of Angst at Microsoft | Linux Today

CNET News: Perspective: Ushering in a New Era of Angst at Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 12, 2006

“Few would disagree that Microsoft dominates the markets for
desktop operating systems and office suites. But it wasn’t always
this way.

“Until the late 1980s, OS/2 was judged technically superior to
Windows, the Mac featured a better user interface, and applications
like WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 offered more features than
comparable Microsoft offerings…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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