The draft version of the Gartner analysis, before edits to suck up to MS, actually said this:
PDAs are entering a period in which they will be embraced by enterprises as core infrastructure, like PCs. This portends a gradual shift away from Palm and toward Microsoft. Although Palm devices remain more prevalent in enterprises, Microsoft has been adept at forcing in, through legal threats and lack of technical interoperability, the building blocks enterprises must put up with. Most companies Gartner talks with are moving with, or planning to move with, the direction that Microsoft is forcing them to go.
Another aspect of this that is not necessarily releated to the annoyance / lack of annoyance in the technical side of the the IT department is the cost.
Licensing 6.0 from MS went to annual subscription payments that are based on a 3 year break even rate. All those companies that signed up for licensing 6.0 this year on their server OS's will pay for the price of a new OS over the next 3 years but there will be no new product released in that time even if they wanted to "upgrade".
They just got screwed. That ought to foster some more good will.
The sad thing is that not all writers/producers of science fictions series view plot continuity across episodes as a good thing.
A short time back I was reading some logs of IRC chats with producers from Andromeda. When this issue was brought up, they said "We just don't want to make a space/soap-opera where we do 22 continuing episodes."..."firstly, this has always been an action show, that hasn't changed". I personally prefer shows with more continuity, and could do without the disjointed life and death struggles and gratuitous fist-fights in every episode.
I believe that much of the potential audience may feel the same way.
What mindless drones feel this should be included with Science Fiction?
How about palm reading with Madame Zora and your daily horoscope by Hubert the One-eyed goat?
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The draft version of the Gartner analysis, before edits to suck up to MS, actually said this:
PDAs are entering a period in which they will be embraced by enterprises as core infrastructure, like PCs. This portends a gradual shift away from Palm and toward Microsoft. Although Palm devices remain more prevalent in enterprises, Microsoft has been adept at forcing in, through legal threats and lack of technical interoperability, the building blocks enterprises must put up with. Most companies Gartner talks with are moving with, or planning to move with, the direction that Microsoft is forcing them to go.
Crap. Do it yourself. You get the gist.
Crap, middle one has space. Correct link:o lsleacompare.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/sa
Software Assurance and Volume Licensing 6.0 Programsf ault.asp
o lsleacompare.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/de
Volume Licensing Program Comparison Chart
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/sa
Drill down on Select Licensing 6.0 (one option)
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sel/
Another aspect of this that is not necessarily releated to the annoyance / lack of annoyance in the technical side of the the IT department is the cost. Licensing 6.0 from MS went to annual subscription payments that are based on a 3 year break even rate. All those companies that signed up for licensing 6.0 this year on their server OS's will pay for the price of a new OS over the next 3 years but there will be no new product released in that time even if they wanted to "upgrade". They just got screwed. That ought to foster some more good will.
The sad thing is that not all writers/producers of science fictions series view plot continuity across episodes as a good thing. A short time back I was reading some logs of IRC chats with producers from Andromeda. When this issue was brought up, they said "We just don't want to make a space/soap-opera where we do 22 continuing episodes."..."firstly, this has always been an action show, that hasn't changed". I personally prefer shows with more continuity, and could do without the disjointed life and death struggles and gratuitous fist-fights in every episode. I believe that much of the potential audience may feel the same way.
What mindless drones feel this should be included with Science Fiction? How about palm reading with Madame Zora and your daily horoscope by Hubert the One-eyed goat?
Hey, at least the didn't use someone who is already dead like in their letter writing campaign to the states' attorneys general.