re re challenge to microsoft supporters in article c vd q e s uceng uc edu bferrell moth occ uc edu brett ferrell writes in article may microsoft com jimfr microsoft com jim francis writes i know for a fact that the only reason many companies wrote os apps was because ibm paid them for it i d write an app for the ti a if ti paid me in advance to do it ibm can only pay so many people for so many apps once that stops so does the development software companies don t stay in business writing apps that won t generate revenue the fact that ibm was paying them for it allowed them to do it and stay in business how many apps are selling ask wordperfect borland lotus how much revenue they are getting from sales and if they plan on writing more apps you may be suprised by the answer i won t i would get into microsoft practices but the thread would go on for every you do have an interesting point that i won t dispute now but pray tell if you know for a fact anything why don t you provided some insight into your source do you think that will accept it for fact maybe i would if you gave your word even if he says he knows for a fact what more do you have to gain if he gives his word do you think he s lying right now but c mon it would appear that you are employed by the competition you should expect to asked about your sources and just give them up front or not make the claim brett d sherron ferrell email bferrell uceng uc edu anyway how about this i give you my word without naming sources that ibm paid companies to write applications for os satisfied mike
