It didn't dawn on me until now it could be an April Fools joke. I sure hope not since I just sent Gates a letter telling him to F*** him**** and publicly proclaimed I will never us a M$ product again (which ain't such a bad idea anyway). If it is a joke it's in bad taste. If it isn't I'm really mad and will do everything I can to convince everyone I can to quit supporting M$ in anyway.
Damn, there goes someone tossing in reality right in the middle of a good illusion : )
Funny how that aspect never gets mentioned. I guess it's the same as "free" medicare here in Canada. Let's just hope development doesn't go the way of our health care system.
I didn't do much of job of replying to you, it was late when I posted and I was anxious to hit the sack, sorry.
Taking a look at the programs on the start menu on my Windows box and scanning it for products made by companies I know something about I can say most of them aren't made by huge firms, but by medium-sized businesses. The size of firm I deal with most often (the size of firm that pays me to help them with planning).
I'd be suprised if the huge firms, like Microsoft, aren't exploring the idea of porting to Linux, but like I say, most vendors are much smaller and they just don't have the resources to do a port quickly. Success in penetrating a new market often involves being there before the market hits maturity, often earlier. Sure a huge company with big marketing bucks can compensate for a delayed penetration (although in the case of one huge company I doubt it will work since many people are looking at Linux just to get away from these guys).
There ARE new mass appeal products being made for Linux and once Linux is established as an alternative for the masses some of these newer products WILL remain. This means a lower market share for the current vendors. It's not rocket science. (Of course a firm's strategic plan might not call for maintaining or expanding market share, in which case this isn't poor planning on their part).
BTW, most of the guys who make decisions for these mediums sized companies are, like us, nobodies, albeit comfortable nobodies. And I have no qualms about pitting mind against some of those on planning committees and departments in the huge corporations : )
I've heard so many vendors of Windows software say they just haven't had the requests to justify their porting to Linux. Linux WILL become a serious contender and they should know it, so why let new, small vendors establish themselves in the market? It's great for the consumer, but a serious blunder on their part.
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It didn't dawn on me until now it could be an April Fools joke. I sure hope not since I just sent Gates a letter telling him to F*** him**** and publicly proclaimed I will never us a M$ product again (which ain't such a bad idea anyway). If it is a joke it's in bad taste. If it isn't I'm really mad and will do everything I can to convince everyone I can to quit supporting M$ in anyway.
Damn, there goes someone tossing in reality right in the middle of a good illusion : )
Funny how that aspect never gets mentioned. I guess it's the same as "free" medicare here in Canada. Let's just hope development doesn't go the way of our health care system.
I didn't do much of job of replying to you, it was late when I posted and I was anxious to hit the sack, sorry.
Taking a look at the programs on the start menu on my Windows box and scanning it for products made by companies I know something about I can say most of them aren't made by huge firms, but by medium-sized businesses. The size of firm I deal with most often (the size of firm that pays me to help them with planning).
I'd be suprised if the huge firms, like Microsoft, aren't exploring the idea of porting to Linux, but like I say, most vendors are much smaller and they just don't have the resources to do a port quickly. Success in penetrating a new market often involves being there before the market hits maturity, often earlier. Sure a huge company with big marketing bucks can compensate for a delayed penetration (although in the case of one huge company I doubt it will work since many people are looking at Linux just to get away from these guys).
There ARE new mass appeal products being made for Linux and once Linux is established as an alternative for the masses some of these newer products WILL remain. This means a lower market share for the current vendors. It's not rocket science. (Of course a firm's strategic plan might not call for maintaining or expanding market share, in which case this isn't poor planning on their part).
BTW, most of the guys who make decisions for these mediums sized companies are, like us, nobodies, albeit comfortable nobodies. And I have no qualms about pitting mind against some of those on planning committees and departments in the huge corporations : )
As a matter of fact a good part of my business is consulting on strategic planning. Keep what I said in mind, time will tell if I'm right or not.
I've heard so many vendors of Windows software say they just haven't had the requests to justify their porting to Linux. Linux WILL become a serious contender and they should know it, so why let new, small vendors establish themselves in the market? It's great for the consumer, but a serious blunder on their part.