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This is 100% right on!
The software industry has totally forgotten that they wouldn't be here if not for the consumer. Companies like Microsoft, Intuit, etc. act like the consumer exists because of them. Their arrogance has pushed many, with more on the way, to stop spending altogether. Forced upgrades which provide nothing beneficial to most business users, software that is dangerous to use, software that takes more and more resources to do nothing more of any value, and on and on.

If you think IT jobs are becoming fewer, software companies are going to experience the real brunt of the consumers unsatisfaction.

In the business world, nothing since Windows98 has offered any real improvement to productivity and efficiency to the desktop. Recreational users are a different story. But if not for the business sector funding this money pit called IT, you and I couldn't afford a PC for personal and home use.

Like I have said many times, technology's future will not be decide by the IT industry but by the balance sheet of companies who purchase IT. NO MATTER WHAT, when a company is not getting positive returns on their investments, the investment activity failing to perform will be excised, IT included. This is a simple economic fact that every successful entity must follow, or they will soon become unsuccessful. PERIOD!
Posted by: bjbrock   Posted on: 10/19/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This is 100% right on!  bjbrock | 10/19/04
I tend to agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/19/04
Agreed...  John Le'Brecage | 10/20/04
It is how I do it.  Squawkbox | 10/19/04
do you trust them  V Sanders | 10/19/04
Good honest question  Squawkbox | 10/19/04
When push comes to shove  in-DUH-vidual | 10/19/04
Either the brakes come off or the wheels Will  Chad_z | 10/19/04
Then their is the pay once always stay model.  The King's Servant | 10/19/04
Sorry, Chad. Meant to reply to the story, not you.  The King's Servant | 10/19/04
Your statements are why I love competition  Squawkbox | 10/19/04
This is pure nonsense....  Mike Cox | 10/19/04
6.0  CobraA1 | 10/20/04
Not exactly...  John Le'Brecage | 10/20/04
Not your best  shallow_diver | 10/20/04
The Problem With This  ParadigmOdyssey | 10/19/04
Is software dead?  MyLord | 10/20/04
The huge revenues are dead...but not software  shawkins | 10/20/04
Licensing of software is  sigmascape | 10/20/04
Abuse  Tim Patterson | 10/20/04
The software market is maturing.  JonathonDoe | 10/20/04
Back to the future  wresnick | 10/20/04
Great for Company, Bad For Consumer  coffeenite | 10/20/04
Is the Software License dead?  pjones | 10/20/04
ASPs  Doug_Alder | 10/20/04
It's a form of extorsion!  dkulik@... | 05/06/06

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