Comments on: Microsoft’s contribution was TCP/IP http://saunderslog.com/2008/04/25/microsofts-contribution-was-tcpip/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eric Chamberlain http://saunderslog.com/2008/04/25/microsofts-contribution-was-tcpip/#comment-732921 Eric Chamberlain Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:45:32 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=3993#comment-732921 Did TCP/IP adoption drive the WWW or did the WWW drive TCP/IP adoption? A big reason to install third-party TCP/IP stacks on Windows pre-95 was to use Mosaic. Did TCP/IP adoption drive the WWW or did the WWW drive TCP/IP adoption?

A big reason to install third-party TCP/IP stacks on Windows pre-95 was to use Mosaic.

]]> By: Ken Camp http://saunderslog.com/2008/04/25/microsofts-contribution-was-tcpip/#comment-731095 Ken Camp Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:05:40 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=3993#comment-731095 Alec, I absolutely agree with the contribution Win95 and the native IP stakc gave to us. No question. But doesn't it beg the question "what have you done lately?" in some regard. For me, the single biggest frustration with Microsoft is precisely the same frustration I have with Cisco, AT&T, and many companies. Turning an existing feature into a product by billing for it, or bloating a product with features nobody wants simply aren't innovation. They aren't revolutionary. I'd argue they aren't even evolution in many cases. Activity and progress are very different things. Microsoft, like the rest, too easily try to sell activity as progress when mostly it's simply stirring the pot. Alec, I absolutely agree with the contribution Win95 and the native IP stakc gave to us. No question. But doesn’t it beg the question “what have you done lately?” in some regard.

For me, the single biggest frustration with Microsoft is precisely the same frustration I have with Cisco, AT&T, and many companies. Turning an existing feature into a product by billing for it, or bloating a product with features nobody wants simply aren’t innovation. They aren’t revolutionary. I’d argue they aren’t even evolution in many cases.

Activity and progress are very different things. Microsoft, like the rest, too easily try to sell activity as progress when mostly it’s simply stirring the pot.

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