> That is the primary basis for my decision not to hitch my > future to > Microsoft tools.
Ditto. I want to have a bit more to say about where I go with future changes. I grew tired of being part of the tail being wagged by Microscoff, and having the latest bafoonery jammed down my throat just because M$ felt the market would accept it as being good. Change due to true advances is one thing. To change things just for the cash churn (XP, Vista, ME) serves little good for my purposes. As far as I am concerned 2000 Pro was (and still is) a great desktop (and Server) OS, and could have been just as easily secured & fixed up as XP, and even enhanced. But XP pushed it over, and relegated M$ users to being subjected to having their machinery and OS investigated by M$ for potential piracy - treating all M$ customers as criminals because some were. That was bad enough. But as I see it, Vista is just another greed grab (as with Server 2003+ Terminal Serverice CAL fees being tacked onto the OS, in addition to User CALS). Go ahead M$, charge more and churn, but it will be without my money (or that of my clients) wherever I can avoid it. I took the leap into Linux, and am loving it where it makes sense to harness (Servers for sure, desktop in some cases). Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Design Question > > > On Apr 11, 2008, at 11:05 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > 3. Microsoft makes money on product churn; see Windows, MS Office , > > etc. > > Developer tools need to be churned regularly to keep revenue > > flowing. That > > is the model for that part of the business. > > > That is the primary basis for my decision not to hitch my > future to > Microsoft tools. > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
