War of formats, or why I defended Billy.
We had a kitchen dispute with a friend about world order, domination of states, hegemony and similar terms and phenomena.
In general, the conversation smoothly touched the topic of Inform. technologies.
I will not load with details, as a whole, my point of view consists in the following: It is good that there is small-scale software and its world domination.
Windows are more than half of the people who have a computer at home.
If not more.
The main merit of MC and Gates is that at the dawn of the development of both computer technology in general and the Internet in particular, he was able to create an almost monopoly in the field of software. This saved the world from computer power and enabled high-tech science to quietly evolve.
This is akin to the history of ancient China, when the first emperor united the whole country under his power, and China was able to develop perfectly, becoming at the same time one of the most advanced powers.
Fragmentation does not lead to anything good.
Imagine a situation where each company pushes its software onto the market, while no standards have yet been developed. For example, the JPG image format is a standard that many people know. Suppose each firm starts to rivet its own formats and standards.
Even now. There was a DVD, now it's unclear who: Blue Ray, High definition Disk.
To develop, any science needs standards, axioms, if you will. It's like in mathematics, two parallel lines do not intersect. Worldwide, 1 mm is equal to 1 mm - this is standard. Also all over the world, a txt document is a txt document. If there was no monopoly of this kind of MS, then it is not known what the software market would turn into, where many companies are promoting their standards, seeking profit.
MS killed the competition? Not. It is thanks to such a strong player as an MC that other companies have been weaker, they had to occupy and develop (develop) their niche. For example, Apple, which is still preferred by graphic professionals.
The MS helped in many ways to lay the foundations of standardization.
What is one XML worth?
PS I do not work on MS.
PPS Please refers to what is written objectively.
In general, the conversation smoothly touched the topic of Inform. technologies.
I will not load with details, as a whole, my point of view consists in the following: It is good that there is small-scale software and its world domination.
Windows are more than half of the people who have a computer at home.
If not more.
The main merit of MC and Gates is that at the dawn of the development of both computer technology in general and the Internet in particular, he was able to create an almost monopoly in the field of software. This saved the world from computer power and enabled high-tech science to quietly evolve.
This is akin to the history of ancient China, when the first emperor united the whole country under his power, and China was able to develop perfectly, becoming at the same time one of the most advanced powers.
Fragmentation does not lead to anything good.
Imagine a situation where each company pushes its software onto the market, while no standards have yet been developed. For example, the JPG image format is a standard that many people know. Suppose each firm starts to rivet its own formats and standards.
Even now. There was a DVD, now it's unclear who: Blue Ray, High definition Disk.
To develop, any science needs standards, axioms, if you will. It's like in mathematics, two parallel lines do not intersect. Worldwide, 1 mm is equal to 1 mm - this is standard. Also all over the world, a txt document is a txt document. If there was no monopoly of this kind of MS, then it is not known what the software market would turn into, where many companies are promoting their standards, seeking profit.
MS killed the competition? Not. It is thanks to such a strong player as an MC that other companies have been weaker, they had to occupy and develop (develop) their niche. For example, Apple, which is still preferred by graphic professionals.
The MS helped in many ways to lay the foundations of standardization.
What is one XML worth?
PS I do not work on MS.
PPS Please refers to what is written objectively.
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