On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:40:34 -0500, "Charlie Coleman" <[email protected]> said: > At 09:39 PM 1/5/2009 +0000, Alan Bourke wrote: > > >On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:23:07 -0500, "Charlie Coleman" <[email protected]> > >said: > ... > > >I just develop for the platform that my customers use, I'm not in a > >position to influence their choices in that regard. That platform is > >Windows at the present time and it works well for them in most respects > > Of course. I understand that mentality. You don't care much about > computer > technology improving. You'll just go along with what is "popular" without > recommending other things that have greater benefits to the client.
Maybe I wasn't clear. My customers, sensibly or otherwise, use Windows. I don't get to recommend or otherwise influence them in their choice of OS. I actually don't give a sh!t *what* they use. To be perfectly honest, I'd love for a few of them to start into Linux as it would give me an excuse to develop on it outside of whatever 'hobby' time I can afford. > MS will eventually collapse or undergo a massive change in their business > model. It's pretty certain now. I'd say the latter. They'll be very different in 10 years time. -- Alan Bourke [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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.
