So was Digital Research (CP/M) about MS-DOS
So was Lotus Development (Lotus 123) about Excel
So was Software Publishing Corp. (Harvard Graphics) about PowerPoint
So was WordPerfect (WordPerfect) about Word
So was Ashton-Tate (dBASE) about Access
So Was Aldus/Adobe (PageMaker) about Publisher
So was Novell (NetWare) about NT, now Windows Server.
So was IBM (OS/2) about Windows 95
So was Netscape (Netscape Navigator) about Internet Explorer
So was Lotus/IBM (Lotus Notes) about Exchange
(I'm trying to remember the other ostriches, and will edit this post as they come back to me.
Where are they now.........................
Jury is out on:
- MySpace vs. Windows Live Spaces
- PDF vs. XPS
- LAMP vs .NET; though recent research shows a lead.
- PS 3 vs Xbox 360
- YouTube vs Soapbox; new entrant still in beta.