----- Original Message ----- From: "John Summerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 6:07 PM Subject: Re: MSNBC: New Report Cites Benefits of Consolidating SAP on Linux an d the IBM Mainframe
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, John Ford wrote: > > > "The analysis, commissioned by IBM from The Sageza Group,..." > > > > Not to be negative, but what would you expect the report to say? Are > > IT exec's going to give this report more weight than, say, a report > > commissioned by Microsoft? > > I would, wouldn't you? Yup, as would any rational being. But I'm talking about the majority of IT exec's. > After all, IBM has bee known to promote other > suppliers' software over its own, but as far > as Microsoft is concerned, there is no other > software to speak of:-) This is an advantage of a vendor that sells both hardware and software. It cuts down on the "there's only one product that counts" rhetoric. -jcf -- Lawyers: the 99% that are jerks spoil it for the rest of them.
