On 4/20/07, MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Although it'd be virtually impossible to get a measurement/metric for
> this, I'd love to know how many customers M$ loses because of this
> decision. Then again, does it even begin to make a dent in their
> colossal kingdom?
For want of a nail, a kingdom was lost. Losing VFP and having a
quarter-million developers split between 80% .NET, 15% quitting
("Paper or plastic?" "Welcome to Wal-Mart(tm)") and 5% moving to
LAMP-Ruby-on-Rails-Mac-whatever might not matter to Microsoft's bottom
line right off, but it's like a slow, steady drip-drip-drip. More
developers write more apps that can run on cell phones or PDAs or
kiosks or Macs or Linux boxes. Separate the interface from the
implementation, the server from the UI, offer your services through
platform-independent, standards-based protocols like http, xml-rpc,
SOA, etc. Less and less dependence on the MS-OS. Drip, drip, drip.
Dropping Visual Basic 6 and forcing VB developers through the Death
March of .Net beta, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 has eroded their base there.
Folks are flocking to alternatives, or just quitting. Drip, drip,
drip.
Being found guilty of inappropriate business practices made a lot of
ears perk up, and wonder if this was the company to depend on. Drip,
drip, drip.
SQL Slammer. Drip, drip, drip.
Windows Genuine Disadvantage. Drip, drip, drip.
Microsoft's continued attempts to break Samba through redefining CIFS.
Drip, drip, drip.
Microsoft makes huge amounts of money from client licenses for Windows
and Office. They don't make a lot of money from most of their other
ventures. They have set themselves up as a Goliath. It's just a matter
of time before a David comes along.
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com
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