Alan Bourke wrote: > Such cynicism in one so young, Ted. > > ;) /AOL ON. Me too. /AOL OFF
http://weblog.infoworld.com/tech-bottom-line/archives/2008/02/microsoft_open.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-02-28 ...The highly competitive Ballmer, you might say, is the man who cried "nice." And like the boy who cried wolf, no one believed him.... ...Now that Bill Gates has effectively left the building, Ballmer is free to transform Microsoft, a job made all the tougher by the enormous reservoir of mistrust the company has engendered over the years.... Can't learn from history, can they? They treated everyone around them like dirt because they could - they were the biggest bully on the playground. Now they're in a new playground with a lot of kids bigger, faster and smarter, and they're finding out that not only can they not steal the other kids lunch money anymore, but they're in danger of losing their own. Microsoft is becoming irrelevant in more and more parts of computing. And those parts are increasingly the fun parts. Check out what's going on in the Valley. _NO ONE_ is worried about Microsoft anymore. Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
