On Wed, 24 May 2006, John McCreesh wrote:
I went on the FAST web site to check this out and it told me:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
[snip]
That's part and parcel of having used MS in place of technology. ;)
However, I'm not so concerned about FAST's web site, but more by the press
coverage, paper letters, phone calls, and sales visits it will be making
for its owner in Redmond.
These actions by FAST and the other components of MS' marketing engine
make an opportune time to bring up case studies like Portland, which went
entirely open source. Or Ernie Ball Guitars, which went entirely open
source. There are probably many more that have been quiet in wish to
avoid more pressure from MS sales, but might now be willing to be used as
case studies.
A concern is that FAST, like BSA, will target shops running competitive
software and find a way to get them into special agreements where they run
*only* MS software. e.g.:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1998/01/burstein.html
-Lars
Lars Nood�n ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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