Panic is a totally inappropriate response for little guys with market-dominating products that use hard-to-master technology or operational methods when one or two of the majors in a related business vow to take over their turf: 18 months ago, Microsoft Corp declared war on Adobe Systems Inc and its PostScript page description language, won Apple Computer Inc to its cause and established a printing business unit and set out to develop the True Type product line: 18 months on, Adobe and PostScript still rule supreme, and, reports the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has quietly disbanded its printer business unit, and says it will now concentrate on providing great printer software for Windows 3.0.
