On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
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> For management and beancounters the priority no.1 question is:
> Is the contractor (or manufacturer or store) large enough to pay
> if we have to sue him in case of malperformance?
>
> So the fact whether the product is superiour or not counts only
> as priority no.2. That's why they tend to buy from large
> companies rather than to give a chance to an upstart.
>
> BTW, that's been a big barrier for Linux to get into large
> corporations. My boss kept saying "who do we sue if Linux
> crashes our databases? Linus T.?" and so he ordered WinNT.
>
> wobo
Has he ever tried to sue Microsoft? I would be willing to bet that he
would not be able to get out of court with his shirt, and that only if he
is right. Try getting support from Microsoft after such a lawsuit.
Microsoft isn't even afraid of the Government. They are patiently
waiting until a friendlier administration gets into power. Look how long
they have been able to delay this one before the decision comes down.
IBM was able to keep things going in court for 10 years during their
anti-trust law suits. What do you bet that M$ can do the same? They only
have to delay about 1 to 2 years to get a friendlier climate inside
washington d.c., anyway.
I realize that bean counters can't think beyone 1+1. (and all
generalities are wrong.) Today, only tomorrow's stock price and today's
bottom line count in a corporation. That is going to be our downfall. I
think it has already happened.
Didn't a large corporation make profits off of dealing with the Chinese,
and, oh by the way, somehow they got their hands on top secret
technology. Just where did those new long range
nuclear missiles they are threatening us with come from? Couldn't have
come from aborted satellite launches where they recovered everything
except the guidance systems and military crypto modules? Nah!
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