Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote:
I explained to the kids why we don't use Windows on our computers today
in two sentences that made them go Oh. Then why do other people still
use Windows?
What are the two sentences? Sounds intriguing.
('Cause I *SAID* so! Dammit!) :-D
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On 4/20/07, MB Software Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Allen wrote:
Trying to double the number of Linux users by stopping VFP. After all no
VFP, no need to program for windows only any more, at least for me.
Allen
Although it'd be virtually impossible to get a measurement/metric for
this, I'd love to know how many customers M$ loses
On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:14 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote:
Although it'd be virtually impossible to get a measurement/metric for
this, I'd love to know how many customers M$ loses because of this
decision. Then again, does it even begin to make a dent in their
colossal kingdom?
A
Ed Leafe wrote:
On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:14 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote:
Although it'd be virtually impossible to get a measurement/metric for
this, I'd love to know how many customers M$ loses because of this
decision. Then again, does it even begin to make a dent in their
colossal
On 4/20/07, MB Software Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Although it'd be virtually impossible to get a measurement/metric for
this, I'd love to know how many customers M$ loses because of this
decision. Then again, does it even begin to make a dent in their
colossal kingdom?
For want of
On 4/20/07, Vince Teachout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty sure the current number of Linux users is far greater than
the number of VFP users, so switching all the VFP users to Linux would
not double total Linux users.
Microsoft makes huge amounts of money from client licenses for Windows
and Office. They don't make a lot of money from most of their other
ventures. They have set themselves up as a Goliath. It's just a matter
of time before a David comes along.
Standard Oil, er, Standard Oil of New Jersey,
Ted Roche wrote:
For want of a nail, a kingdom was lost. Losing VFP and having a
quarter-million developers split between 80% .NET, 15% quitting
(Paper or plastic? Welcome to Wal-Mart(tm)) and 5% moving to
LAMP-Ruby-on-Rails-Mac-whatever might not matter to Microsoft's bottom
line right off,
Vince Teachout wrote:
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote:
I explained to the kids why we don't use Windows on our computers today
in two sentences that made them go Oh. Then why do other people still
use Windows?
What are the two sentences? Sounds intriguing.
('Cause I *SAID* so! Dammit!)
Ed Leafe wrote:
On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:14 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote:
A drop in the ocean to them. Most people whose product gets dumped
by Microsoft just move to another Microsoft product, so I doubt there
is much effect at all.
I agree with an earlier poster - at
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Subject: [NF] Where Have I Seen That Date Before?
Software King of the World, Sir William Gates III told a throng of Chinese
in Beijing that he wanted to double the number of computer users to two
billion by 2015.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39043
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I am using the free
Software King of the World, Sir William Gates III told a throng of Chinese
in Beijing that he wanted to double the number of computer users to two
billion by 2015.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39043
Jeff Johnson
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623-582-0323
Fax 623-869-0675
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Allen wrote:
Trying to double the number of Linux users by stopping VFP. After all no
VFP, no need to program for windows only any more, at least for me.
Allen
I'm pretty sure the current number of Linux users is far greater than
the number of VFP
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