If I were the yahoo execs, my tongue would have been bitten in two as I restrained myself from telling the pompous self-righteous better than thou stuffed shirts to @#$% off.
I think yahoo handled the request from the chi-coms incorrectly, but this is uncharted territory and I can give them the benefit of doubt.
"Most corporations have built innumerable applications that integrate and work with office"
Define corporation.
That might be true for the Ma and Pap shops and even for mid-sized businesses to some extent.
The world does not run on MS. If anything, it runs on IBM, but you have alternatives there so it's hard to define an IBM shop.
The "world" probably runs on Linux to a larger extent than MS. if the "world" is defined by the internet.
Microsoft still owns desktops, office networks, and has a foothold in corporations, but there is not a single fortune 500 company that runs exclusively on Windows servers, including MS itself.
They are not as invulnerable as one might think.
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If I were the yahoo execs, my tongue would have been bitten in two as I restrained myself from telling the pompous self-righteous better than thou stuffed shirts to @#$% off. I think yahoo handled the request from the chi-coms incorrectly, but this is uncharted territory and I can give them the benefit of doubt.
I'm with you graviplana. The term reminds me of "serving up" from the '90s, which also annoyed the hell out of me.
"Most corporations have built innumerable applications that integrate and work with office" Define corporation. That might be true for the Ma and Pap shops and even for mid-sized businesses to some extent. The world does not run on MS. If anything, it runs on IBM, but you have alternatives there so it's hard to define an IBM shop. The "world" probably runs on Linux to a larger extent than MS. if the "world" is defined by the internet. Microsoft still owns desktops, office networks, and has a foothold in corporations, but there is not a single fortune 500 company that runs exclusively on Windows servers, including MS itself. They are not as invulnerable as one might think.