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Companies should not promise what they can't deliver. Balmer is just making the prudent decision of making sure he doesn't lose any more trust than he already has by being honest with his customers.

As for people who signed up for SA, well sorry, but you made a bad decision. You should never make a decision based on what a vendor promises what they will achieve years in the future. I'm sure they intended to make good, but they were mistaken. Now if you want to punish that vendor by taking your business elsewhere, then that's your prerogative. But remember, you wouldn't be in this mess if you hadn't made a bed decision yourself.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 07/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Exscuses  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
Excuses  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/04
Yet you complain about price  Biggs_z | 07/14/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
Do the honorable thing  seosamh_z | 07/14/04
Right  Jeff Spicoli | 07/14/04
Sounds like a wonderful  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
It'll still take the same number of man hours  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Actually, it doesn't  IT_User | 07/14/04
I think that was what I was trying to get at  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
Small correction  michael-t | 07/14/04
MONTH  IT_User | 07/15/04
NO!  michael-t | 07/14/04
Lemme see, they've 90% NET margins  mvaar | 07/14/04
I wonder if...  Yen_z | 07/14/04
The way I heard it  Linux User 147560 | 07/14/04
There are a lot of reports to that effect.  B.O.F.H. | 07/14/04
Whatever you cannot defeat  michael-t | 07/14/04
UNIX on windows  michael-t | 07/14/04
They are waiting...  rbochan | 07/14/04
Adding more programmers to a late project, makes it even later.  DonnieBoy | 07/14/04
So IBM thought too in 1969  michael-t | 07/14/04
Even more painful ?  mvaar | 07/14/04
So much for Software Assurance  robertlelonek@... | 07/14/04
A good idea  Michael Kelly | 07/14/04
I NEED THE SOFTWARE...  Mike Cox | 07/14/04
9.4..... My kids love you Mike and my ex wants to have your baby  Squawkbox | 07/14/04
Hey Mikey  TWRX | 07/14/04
All the kings money and all the kings men couldn't put Windows together aga  DonnieBoy | 07/14/04
the good and the bad:  ryusen | 07/14/04
But you know they can't do that  IT_User | 07/15/04
Longhorn: No promises  michael-t | 07/14/04

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