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TheWindows 95 juggernauthas proved too strong for IBM, the last holdout among personal computer manufacturers. After swearing that it would stand by its flailing OS/2 computer operating system, IBM announced that it would include the new Microsoft operating system with some of its PCs. "It took IBM a while, but it was almost inevitable that they would eventually offer Windows 95, too,"TIME's David Jacksonreports from Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, where IBM executives attended a launch party for the software. "Any personal computer maker not offering this product is going to have a tough time, at least...
...prevails, however, IBM will gain a company that is struggling to hold on to its original niche. The Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet was the first blockbuster for PCs but has since been eclipsed by Microsoft's Excel. Lotus fell behind in spreadsheets and other programs, such as word processing and graphics, by being slow to develop software for Microsoft's Windows operating system, which now runs 90% of the world's desktop computers. Although programs like spreadsheets accounted for two-thirds of Lotus revenues of $971 million last year (Notes and other communications software made up the rest), declining...
...proposal selflessly, objectively, recognizing that from a programming standpoint, Windows isn't exactly poetry. It's counterintuitive and clunky, which is peculiar after all these years. Microsoft, you'll recall, came into being when Gates licensed to IBM his Disk Operating System, or DOS, which was supposed to make PCs easier to use. Later, Windows was supposed to make DOS easier to use. And a few months ago, Microsoft unleashed something called Bob, a program that's supposed to make Windows easier to use. Until a Bob helper is born, you can look forward to reading -- I swear this...
...other hand, this year could end in what Tom Zito, president of Digital Pictures, calls "a PC Christmas," in which parents opt for CD-ROMS that play not on the new game systems but on their home computers. Already 10% of U.S. households have PCs or Macs equipped with CD-ROMS, and that figure is expected to double this year. (By comparison, 30% of U.S. homes own video-game players...
...legal terms, the two cases are quite different. In one, Microsoft has been accused of unfairly using its dominant position in operating systems (some 8 out of 10 IBM-compatible PCs run on Microsoft's software) to help it enter new markets. In the other, Microsoft is trying to buy dominance in a market where it was losing money and where Intuit had a 70% share. In fact, the company was doing so poorly with its Microsoft Money program that when the merger was announced, Gates offered to give it to archrival Novell in a deal one pundit characterized...