>-----Original Message----- >From: Larry Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 6:48 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] The finale of the linux vs. windows. vs. tanks & >batmobiles :) > >Look at existing realities rather than speculation. Microsoft has announced >that they will likely produce only one more MS-Office upgrade before this >product becomes an Internet-server distributed product. > Why is this a bad thing (technology-wise), besides the fact that I don't want to rent software and that the internet probably can't handle this type of thing. Let's say for the sake of argument that Star Office was available for free via an ASP and the user experience would be as if s/he had it installed locally -- would this still be a bad thing. I'm genuinely curious.... >Bill Gates is a very wise businessman. He knows that to make money you have to >create products that people will pay for. Manufacturing air is not good >business as right now everyone gets it free. In the next few years this will >be the case for desktop software. > Do we hate MS software because of Bill Gates, or because of the techical merit of their programmers, or because of it's environment/culture, or all of the above.
