On Dec 13, 2007 10:15 AM, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vikas Rawal wrote: > >>> After all, in principle, they could go to another vendor who will > >>> host their website on their platform!! > >> Would you stop using banks because their ATMs are based on Windows? > >> > > > > It is obviously an incorrect analogy. First, you are comparing > > decision-making of a corporation with that of an individual. > > Huh? > > Microsoft -> ICICI > > Akamai caching service -> ATM technology > > > Second, I > > do not produce alternative solutions for running ATMs. If I did, I > > would in fact want to work with a bank that ran it ATMs on my platform. > > Huh again? > > There are other ATM OSes, but the Microsoft based ones are more popular > ,current and featured. > > Now would you as an individual not use ICICI simply because its ATM > service is based on Microsoft's software? > Well unlike Microsoft, I am not in the business of selling a popular OS, the sales of which depend primarily on existing install base inertia and snazzy marketing; And consequently, it would not kill me to admit that one of the companies I deal with on a daily basis thinks that the 'alternative' is a better option than my OS offering for hosting important data. I mean - download.microsoft.com is running on Linux! Me and my Linux loving friends had a hearty laugh over it, much like Niyam's when he pointed out this thing in the beginning of this thread, and much to the chagrin of all the windows lovers around us. Let's not let this one go unnoticed.. -- Anupam _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
