14 classic (some still-running) tech rivalries

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Sunday, June 1st, 2008


In case you forgot that Macs and PCs aren’t the best of pals, or that Nintendo and Sega used to send letter bombs to each other, this article should refresh your memory. I like reliving the old conflicts, like Netscape vs. IE and SNES vs. Genesis. You can vote too, so everyone knows which side your bread is buttered on. Some of their “classic” rivalries seem a little arbitrary, though: Google vs. Microsoft? How about Google vs. Yahoo vs. Lycos vs. MSN vs. every other portal? We should make our own list.

No Ryu vs. Ken, I notice. I guess those guys weren’t really in the business.

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