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Microsoft reminds me is so many ways of General Motors of the 1970's. I
suspect that the end result will be much the same. Companies, like
countries and people have life cycles.
Posted by: gertruded   Posted on: 08/05/09  (Edited: 08/05/2009 @ 06:09) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Obvious  gertruded | 08/05/09
Will there ever be such misguided control freakery  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Control freaks like Apple are doing just fine, ain't they?  LBiege | 08/05/09
Small effervescent economics is the future ...  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Talking about cheating pigs  LBiege | 08/05/09
Talking about pigs ....  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
You tell me about it.  Rama.NET | 08/05/09
SAP and...  zkiwi | 08/05/09
CERN???  i8thecat | 08/05/09
Really?  zkiwi | 08/05/09
Yeah, the Internet is not the World Wide Web ...  dkawalec | 08/05/09
BUZZ! LBiege, You Just Violated the Revised Godwin's Law!  drprod@... | 08/06/09
Re; one IT product comes out you EU socialist wasteland that actually . . .  hkommedal | 08/09/09
Actually - Apple Is NOW Where M$FT Was in the Nineties  drprod@... | 08/06/09
Reality  IKE:) | 08/06/09
Still not convinced about open source  GeiselS@... | 08/05/09
Not a very good consultant  sadmglw | 08/05/09
I am in agreement.  bjbrock | 08/05/09
He's not a proper consultant, more a bridge dweller.  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Thats sound advice then  jdbukis@... | 08/05/09
You need to add the word "will only"  TripleII | 08/05/09
M$ft v. oss  olddogv | 08/06/09
Years..  fulanoDeTal | 08/05/09
My experience...  bjbrock | 08/05/09
Sorry ....  linux4u | 08/05/09
Why pay today just to pay again tomorrow?  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Spot on  LBiege | 08/05/09
You didn't know where to click?  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
If only ...  LBiege | 08/05/09
If only ...  fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
The company made the wrong decision...  storm14k | 08/05/09
You must not have many customers...  storm14k | 08/05/09
I agree on the client, not so much on the server  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/05/09
It's the same on the server  LBiege | 08/05/09
Big fat SQL is the only way to store data?  fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
No, Axey, LOSERS are ones who think ...  OButterball | 08/05/09
Is that an official Microsoft statement?  fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
As an enterprise business consultant I have seen Open Source save $$$$  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 08/05/09
Ummm, no  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/05/09
Actually, not correct  eb276 | 08/07/09
MS aren't too dumb per se,  fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
Losing my faith  springerj | 08/06/09
Microsoft is more expensive  LiquidLearner | 08/05/09
Meteor?  fulanoDeTal | 08/05/09
Ubuntu is basically on life support  LBiege | 08/05/09
100% wrong, but nice try.  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
That doesn't explain Debian...  storm14k | 08/05/09
Only those who support with real business incentives make money.  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 08/05/09
Such an ignorant comment...  LiquidLearner | 08/06/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
-.-'  fulanoDeTal | 08/05/09
^_^  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
Botnets make businesses more productive?  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Take your own advice  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
Linux shop here, so I already do wink  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
You might as well save your breath with him..  todbran@... | 08/05/09
LD is indeed no IT person.  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 08/05/09
LOL!!  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
But true?  zkiwi | 08/05/09
Far from it  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
Times change?  terry flores | 08/05/09
They do  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
Better to pay IT techs than greedy filthy cheating Microsoft dimwits.  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Now what is name calling going to get you?  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
A response from an unknowing idiot?  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Just makes you look like the  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
Calling people idiots does NOT help. (nt)  hkommedal | 08/09/09
Sharing is caring  Shelendrea | 08/05/09
and knowing is half the battle  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
Ok GI Joe  Shelendrea | 08/05/09
They do?  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
*cough* *choke* *sputter*  Shelendrea | 08/05/09
I am serious  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
That's a nice opinion  eb276 | 08/05/09
Knowing is all of the battle in your case, you'd best get started ...  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Preaching to the choir on that...  HypnoToad72 | 08/05/09
I call your bluff  shis-ka-bob | 08/05/09
Call it whatever you want  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
"I have experience with linux"  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Wow! This epitomizes why OSS is still predominately a hobbyist platform  Steven@... | 08/11/09
Hobbyist?  trentreviso | 08/12/09
Again, WHAT experience????  Shelendrea | 08/05/09
Already listed  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
And Again  Shelendrea | 08/05/09
That is the answer  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/09
I have Linux experience too  Economister | 08/05/09
Don't Feed The Trolls  tripolitan | 08/05/09
Oh my, LD embarassing himself again.  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 08/05/09
Yes, but sadly not smart enough to recognize it. (nt)  Economister | 08/05/09
Microsoft is already dying the slow death.  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 08/05/09
Maybe, if everyone has the same version...  The Wrench in the Gears | 08/06/09
I think MS can do well  P. Douglas | 08/05/09
MS proves that Capitalism doesn't work.  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Interesting Article, but Microsoft's current problem ...  Rob Oakes | 08/05/09
Hope they make it through?  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Unnecessary concerns and fallacies  Economister | 08/05/09
MySQL and OOo, no worries.  lamapper | 08/06/09
Open source is stressing MS ...  George Mitchell | 08/05/09
Nice post.  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Linux needs dev support to gain traction  LiquidLearner | 08/06/09
Linux Apps  NCWeber | 08/06/09
Those who develop Linux - are they working for free too?  HypnoToad72 | 08/05/09
Dumb businessmen can't control open source  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
Hmmm...doesn't seem to bother them. Why does it bother you so?  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 08/05/09
it's time to fire Ballmer  Linux Geek | 08/05/09
Agree.  fr0thy2 | 08/05/09
HEADLESS SERVER CORE  jjworleyeoe | 08/05/09
Core?  storm14k | 08/05/09
Wow! Opinion != Logic  Johnny Vegas | 08/05/09
You are right...  storm14k | 08/05/09
Excellent Post...  BFD | 08/05/09
WAY TOO MUCH has been made of this  SwashbucklingCowboy | 08/05/09
Indeed, but then open source doesn't do these  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/05/09
"what else can they do?"  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 08/05/09
Whine and cry is it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/06/09
A few Moose on the road and they are trying to evolve.  TripleII | 08/05/09
Microsoft is the dinosaurs. Cheap clients are its meteor.  HollywoodDog | 08/05/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  Conmergence | 08/05/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  BOSS4908 | 08/05/09
Quick - tell me what buttons are in the About This Mac window.  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 08/05/09
And the pot calls the kettle black ... LMAO ... nt  mckenzl | 08/06/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  mikepacasi | 08/05/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  wanderson | 08/06/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  drprod@... | 08/06/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  lamapper | 08/06/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  IKE:) | 08/06/09
Re: The US of A Greatness...  IKE:) | 08/06/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  IKE:) | 08/06/09
"US leading in WWW activity"  fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
Cloud Computing, SaaS, Azure *IS* the evolution  clamont9 | 08/20/09
RE: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth  bigpicture | 08/24/09

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