Clarence,
I'm answering because I think you really want an answer.
The people who buy the software for the companies who make up 90% of MS
income are NOT computer users. Nor are they people who would want to
train their entire MIS in a new area. They are the kind of people who
would "always buy Big Blue, because they have a rep and it anything goes
wrong no one can blame us."
It's not a matter of lazy ... it's a matter of not just "rethinking" but
of "retooling" the entire MIS staff.
What I anticipate is not pleasant, and the crash of businesses who
depend upon e-commerce in any way shape or form could make the Stock
Market crash of 29{?} look like a ride in the park.
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On Wed, 30 May 2001 15:49:45 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> L.D. Best wrote:
>> MS is working on making a time worm legal and "industry wide standard"
>> for software you thought you were *buying* ...
> I'd call that *excellent* news. I'm for it 100% !!
> It appears that M$ doesn't realize that the stranglehold they have on the
> world exists only because their victims are too lazy to move.
> Given the choice of a forced expensive upgrade or switching to a free
> alternative, both requiring the same amount of personal effort, which one
> do YOU think the majority will choose ? <G>
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