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Microsoft at the Tipover Point
David Gerard writes "In the wake of Microsoft's first flat quarter, The Inquirer brings us The IT Industry Is Shifting Away From Microsoft - Linux is being taken seriously, Microsoft is not trusted and our favorite monopoly is finding it harder and harder to compete with 'free.'"
You know what this means right? We've backed Microsoft into a corner, so now it's going to pull every dirty trick in the book to get it's profits back...
;)
No, really, I wouldn't put it past them... Wonder what technology area they're going to monopolize next? Tivo looks prime for the picking...
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Programming is like sex... Make one mistake and support it the rest of your life.
My limited experience with the .NET framework made me want to slit my wrists with a spoon. You're talking about a product that makes J2EE look like a good idea.
Good luck changing the tide with that.
> This is the beginning of a growth period for Microsoft that is on a whole different scale than the last one.
No, I don't want to buy your MSFT.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Yes yes, somewhat offtopic I know, but a google search on the author gave me this piece which I found hilarious.
Although to be honest, I did expect this fellow to be a ranting flamer from the Inquirer article...
Blearf. Blearf, I say.
2004 is going to be a good year. :)
On one hand, I'm breaking out the wine for a little celebration.
If true, it would certainly be time to break out the wine!
One man's -1 Flamebait is another man's +5 Funny.
Maybe Amazon could work a deal to sell you books to read between reboots.
Re security: The fact remains that Microsoft's entire infrastructure is based on fundamentally flawed designs, not buggy code ... To change them, Microsoft would have to dump all existing APIs and break compatibility with everything up till now.
Can you say ".NET" ?
My Karma: ran over your Dogma
StrawberryFrog
> Microsoft NEVER innovates
:)
Oh MY God! So their press releases are all lying? It can't be!
-- grmbl woz heer
You have to pay MCSEs now?
I am TheRaven on Soylent News
Well, in fact it was sacrasm, you know. :)
-- grmbl woz heer
"the article was a little ruthless if you ask me"
Gee thanks. That was in fact the nicest compliment I got for the piece, either here or in e-mail. It was a compliment, right?
-Charlie (the article's author)
1) give away their software for free, all the while producing new versions and patching old versions
...and still have billions in reserve.
2) produce a completely free Linux distro with documentation and plug and play
and 3) completely rewrite Linux, no.. make that unix... from scratch
They are not going under anytime soon.
Tipping point. Yeah right.
I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
Didn't they call it Windex?
Microsoft Bob?