> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Is "Microsoft" Dead? > > > Jim wrote: > > 1) I don't think that innovation is limited to the creation of new > markets. > > You're certainly correct, but I'm referring more to innovators viewing > MS as a design constraint. 5 years ago they were, today they're not. > That's the point of the article.
It seemed muddled to me... maybe the word "dead" just sticks in my craw. I'm not sure that MS is any more or any less important in that regard than five years ago. Again, I'd say in some markets they may be more important, in others less and in many not important at all. But "dead" seems like a complete exaggeration no matter how you slice it. I mean if MS is "dead" now (and doing as well as it is) what comes next? Did we move "death" way up the scale (your friend isn't really dead, only _mostly_ dead)? The more I think about it: I just don't like the essay much. He has a few ideas that could be interesting then slathers and ruins them with extremism and hyperbole. The basic idea that MS is less important to VC concerns than it once was might be true - but to say that they've become completely unimportant. To call them "dead". To insult Windows users. It just pushes it directly into the "crackpot" basket for me. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232118 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
