I think your comparison to Asian Automobiles is an apt one except for the conclusion that their success was attributable to marketing. If anything Asian cars were poorly marketed at first and eventually had to deal with markets which were biased against them by the media and government.
I think they succeeded because they were better products than the competition. Their innovation was (eventually) making cars which lasted longer and used less gas among other improvements.
The software market isn't so much about how long software lasts or its memory usage, its about ease of use and functionality (at least for home users). So by giving customers more of that MS has captured a large share of the market. Their strong-arm and throw money at the problem tactics aside, they have built products which are generally easy to use and provide a lot of functionality.
Microsoft has been lucky so far because most of its major competition has not targeted its markets for very long or hard. IBM gave up and never really appealed to average users. Apple seems to only care about rich people. Maybe they will change their posture soon and start dumping Apples on the market...:)
Its good GM, Ford etc didn't throw in the towel quite as quickly as IBM and Apple have done. Having a pile of cash probably didn't hurt either...
Its all about story. And having one. And hacking off limbs... and killing main characters and... sex!
I went into a book store and occaisionally glance through the "manga for girls" (how embarassing, crazy gaijin doesn't know that's the girls section!) and its got as much sex and violence as the stuff for guys! Well maybe not as much violence.
That's what superman's missing... some good graphic sex and cheating on Lois.
...if only the machines had used the humans for data storage! Morpheus coulda pointed to a SAN/NAS box!
Instead they make a duracell commercial and mumble about the "human body generating more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs of body heat."
I second that. Take for example the HTML editor market... Since HTML is a readily accessible standard MS is being forced to fight for their mark. In that market MS has a strong solution, but they are being forced to fight for every inch.
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I think your comparison to Asian Automobiles is an apt one except for the conclusion that their success was attributable to marketing. If anything Asian cars were poorly marketed at first and eventually had to deal with markets which were biased against them by the media and government.
:)
I think they succeeded because they were better products than the competition. Their innovation was (eventually) making cars which lasted longer and used less gas among other improvements.
The software market isn't so much about how long software lasts or its memory usage, its about ease of use and functionality (at least for home users). So by giving customers more of that MS has captured a large share of the market. Their strong-arm and throw money at the problem tactics aside, they have built products which are generally easy to use and provide a lot of functionality.
Microsoft has been lucky so far because most of its major competition has not targeted its markets for very long or hard. IBM gave up and never really appealed to average users. Apple seems to only care about rich people. Maybe they will change their posture soon and start dumping Apples on the market...
Its good GM, Ford etc didn't throw in the towel quite as quickly as IBM and Apple have done. Having a pile of cash probably didn't hurt either...
Except the Chinese have their own word for AIDS written in chinese characters:
äZa / ai4 zi1 bing4F 1jAIDS
which if searched for would probably yield more results.
Uhm... people... joke...
Could I be moderated insightful for that? Please? Pretty please?
And you get a free motherboard too.
maybe that was the standard cutnpaste troll response...
Uhm... how about anything that gets average kids closer to technology is good?
Until they are mutant cyborgs with lasers mounted on them.
And anyway... its you adults that need the "nutritious food programs", you're the fat ones. Well except for Cartman. OMG!
Its all about story. And having one. And hacking off limbs... and killing main characters and... sex!
I went into a book store and occaisionally glance through the "manga for girls" (how embarassing, crazy gaijin doesn't know that's the girls section!) and its got as much sex and violence as the stuff for guys!
Well maybe not as much violence.
That's what superman's missing... some good graphic sex and cheating on Lois.
But if all ideas are free... then why would anyone have ideas?
Oh.
Programmer2: Nah... lets just post it on slashdot.
The cardboard box is room...
I use Xbox as space heater.
The clock for a longer now...
and some slow food to eat while we wait for now to pass us by.
That's what we need.
...if only the machines had used the humans for data storage!
Morpheus coulda pointed to a SAN/NAS box!
Instead they make a duracell commercial and mumble about the "human body generating more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs of body heat."
Ok I'll quit ze bitching... it was spiffy anyway.
but how did you keep track of them?
If 20% of the earth's population decides to make a CPU... they'll do it.
And make them distribute the newest version with Windows Update. hah.
Maybe there is a use for those portable dvd players after all...
I second that.
Take for example the HTML editor market...
Since HTML is a readily accessible standard MS is being forced to fight for their mark. In that market MS has a strong solution, but they are being forced to fight for every inch.
Poor people are often perfectly capable of evaluating the pros and cons of their own choices.
Maybe if they were well educated poor people. Or didn't have to worry about where the next meal was going to come from.
Then maybe you would be right.
"How can other companies hope to compete, or even break into that market?"
:)
You and what other companies?
Maybe Atari or Neo Geo or Nec (TurboGrafx) or 3DO or Amiga or Indrema... or everyone else.
You can press F7 to change all hiragana to katakana... after you've typed it in regular hiragana mode.
Ok China... you stop piracy.. and MS you give them the source.
There isn't that simple?
Kids these days... geez.
dont worry there will be grammr cheking in and spell checking in web forms in IE7.
You're right the Chinese have SENKOUSYA! Play the senkousya battle game!! TAKE DOWN AIBO!
http://www.hinden5.com/senkousha/wide.html
(oh wait that's those whacky Japanese making fun of them)
Claiming it causes:
Transmission of virus' and makes it hard for other students to sleep with their ears to the wall.
NTT Docomo foma stuff pics
Then there's J-phone's video sha-mail which is more like animated-gif mail... but hey.
AU/KDDI's A5301T Toshiba brand video yay.
Costs five bajillion gazillion jillion yen... monthly as Dr. Evil-san and those companies know.