Bruce Schneier Weighs in on IT Lock-in Strategies

dhavleak writes "Wired has an article from Bruce Schneier on the intersection of security technologies and vendor lock-ins in IT. 'With enough lock-in, a company can protect its market share even as it reduces customer service, raises prices, refuses to innovate and otherwise abuses its customer base. It should be no surprise that this sounds like pretty much every experience you've had with IT companies: Once the industry discovered lock-in, everyone started figuring out how to get as much of it as they can.'"

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Re:As in...

[djupedal]

....what kind of response involves getting the example backwards...? Thanks for taking a run at me, but I'll give you a do-over if you want to try again.

"If you..." - If..... If a dwarf died and left you a million dollars and the sub cost $100,000.00 you'd... If you had to choose between jumping out of an airplane with your hair on fire and no parachute or renewing your sub... If you died the day before your sub expired... Weak :)