M$ has an insane piggy bank. Much of that money, they made in not very friendly ways. Well, maybe not much, but being shark-like is what kept them on top, moreso than innovation- at least, that's how the story goes.
Perhaps things aren't what they seem, I mean, we all know that, neh? But think of what is possible with THAT much money. Crazy stuff. Super crazy! My lord, that's the only reason I'd wanna get mad rich, to build rockets and shit or go to mars or some crazy SeaQuest DSV type deal. Totally a Dr. X mutant community center and whatnot... To be blunt tho, MS is just all right with me. MS is just all right. * * * Seriously, the days of this or that being evil are past, in any real sense. :] It's fun touting merits tho, either way. Good stuff. On 3/20/07, Jim D wrote: > > ... > > Honestly I don't see MS being any more or any less innovative on the > fronts > you mention than Apple. Both companies, in my opinion, are very good at > meeting market opportunities. Together they are the premier patrons of > interface and user experience design and innovation (as current WebSphere > developer I only Wish IBM spent a fraction of those resources). > > You're of course entitled to your opinion but it's a shame: you're closing > your eyes to some really cool stuff. > > Jim D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230904 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
