At 10:25 AM 2/9/2011 -0600, John Harvey wrote: >Gee Steve, isn't that what they've always said? Problem is they don't share >that with us until it's so far down the road that we never knew what hit us ...
The real problem is MS has little incentive to actually "help" the user, nor developers. Their bottom line is profit so if they're running low on cash, they'll come up with some new buzzwords, throw out a new release of the OS/Office/DB and announce and expiration date of previous versions. Open source solutions have caused MS to be a bit more concerned about actually producing something that works. You can thank OpenOffice for keeping MS Office prices low. But alas most users are too confused, most corporations too stupid, and most developers too lazy to see and act on the state of things. The up side is most forward-thinking corps. are already getting off MS - but those are usually smaller ones that are more "flexible" and able to actually make rational decisions. Users will probably continue to be a mixed bag, at least for those that don't mind buying a new computer every couple years. Research orgs are pretty much abandoning MS (smart... expected I guess since they are rocket scientists after all). Developers, heh, well what can I say. There will always be the pointy-clicky types that love MS and don't really want to understand how software works. But it does look like the really good ones are getting into open source. I guess they're fed up with the 90 degree turns and unilateral mandates from MS. The funny thing will be to see if MS abandons their own software and starts using open source stuff. I wonder if that'll make people finally wake up. :-) -Charlie _______________________________________________ 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.
