Micro$haft is a doomed company. IBM tried the same tactics in the past: tying customers into one platform by using proprietary hardware and software. It almost destroyed them.
M$ is doing the same things. With the explosion of the internet and large, diverse data systems interoprability is the watch word. It is well known that M$ stuff will not play nice with anything else. This is their cheesy attempt to lock their customers into a monoculture.
And then there is the exorbinate price you must pay to use the Windoze virus distribution system, Software assurance anyone, and don't forget to factor shakedowns by the BSA into your total cost of ownership (TCO)!
Enterprise customers are begining to to ask for Linux by name, its only a matter of time before they start outfitting their desktops. I know its not perfect yet but between Gnome, KDE, Star Office etc its at least as functional as WinBlows. The cost in productivity of working around a couple of the real nice thing MS has built into their software (product integration) will be recupped by not having to reboot everyday (BSOD) and having your entire network infected by some skript-kiddie's cookie cutter virus.
M$ is starting to hemerage market share, and itl die by a thousand small cuts.
Remember, Rome wasn't looted in a day!
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Micro$haft is a doomed company. IBM tried the same tactics in the past: tying customers into one platform by using proprietary hardware and software. It almost destroyed them. M$ is doing the same things. With the explosion of the internet and large, diverse data systems interoprability is the watch word. It is well known that M$ stuff will not play nice with anything else. This is their cheesy attempt to lock their customers into a monoculture. And then there is the exorbinate price you must pay to use the Windoze virus distribution system, Software assurance anyone, and don't forget to factor shakedowns by the BSA into your total cost of ownership (TCO)! Enterprise customers are begining to to ask for Linux by name, its only a matter of time before they start outfitting their desktops. I know its not perfect yet but between Gnome, KDE, Star Office etc its at least as functional as WinBlows. The cost in productivity of working around a couple of the real nice thing MS has built into their software (product integration) will be recupped by not having to reboot everyday (BSOD) and having your entire network infected by some skript-kiddie's cookie cutter virus. M$ is starting to hemerage market share, and itl die by a thousand small cuts. Remember, Rome wasn't looted in a day!