Microsoft copies IBM

by Volker Weber

So, Microsoft finally has Express products as well:

The Express products, expanding the Visual Studio product line to include lightweight, easy-to-use, easy-to-learn tools for hobbyists, enthusiasts, and novices who want to build dynamic Windows applications and Web sites.

I think IBM started this with http://ibm.com/software/express.

Comments

Frontpage Express? ;-)

Heiko Hebig, 2004-06-29

I guess they forgot to add the word Express to Exchange when it was released.

Steve Castledine, 2004-06-29

Heiko, I am getting second thoughts: "Outlook Express" was before IBM came out with this moniker. Although: Outlook Express and Outlook share nothing but the name.

Volker Weber, 2004-06-29

Actually, IBM shipped "Lotus Notes Express" in 1995, so I think we can still lay claim to having been there/done that first. Though this is the first time in many years I have wanted to associate myself with that unmitigated disaster - it was a mail-only version of Notes 3.x at a time when using Notes for mail only was generally, um, not a good idea. There's a reference to that original Notes Express here.

Ed Brill, 2004-06-29

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