On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 10:23 -0800, perdurabo wrote: > Sometimes I wonder if MS even knows HOW they're competing with Linux, > Apache, Firefox, etc etc. They usually seem to figure it out late in > the game. They should have had stuff like IIS 6 and Windows 2003 out > at least a couple years ago. > > Perhaps this is due to their size as an organization and the > subsequent bureaucracy involved. Small, autonomous teams make things > happen quickly. This is a big strength of OSS.
>From my experience (couple of decades) I see that Microsoft now looses every technical and cost battle but when the CFO/CIO doors close they win the political battle - advantage Microsoft. Remember the OS Holy war of the 90's (MS v Novell)? That mindset still exists at the senior level of most major corporations and governments. If FUD is going to stop, and the industry pendulum is to swing back to a sane position, companies like Red Hat, Novell, Mandrake and the likes are going to have to kick down some doors and do some serious negotiating at the top. Until that happens with a measure of success we have to stay tolerant. -- Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
