Ed Leafe wrote: > On Apr 10, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> In our industry you have to take change for what it is worth. IT >> pushes the envelope to do things faster and better. > > I believe that his point, and those of many others, is that Microsoft > pushes the envelope to maximize revenue, not to do things faster and > better.
Could be. I think of John Dvorak's recent column (tweeted by Steve Black, iirc) about how the name of Microsoft is such a reviled name in so many circles now, that MS's image is very bad (almost to the point that it couldn't get much worse). Instead, replace Microsoft in that sentence with Apple (or some other popular vendor)....does the same hold true? I certainly think MS acts in such a way to crush the competition and maximize its profits, all in the name of the return to the shareholder...that's priority #1 as I see them executing. Everything else is after that. Seems like so many in Corporate America see that as job #1...I don't agree with that, but that's the sad state of affairs today. People's best interests is NOT #1. _______________________________________________ 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.
