[CS-FSLUG] NI: Did Microsoft send the wrong guy to Massachusetts' ODF hearing?

[Don Parris]

On 9/30/05, JD Runyan <Lists at runyanrants.net> wrote:
> Don Parris wrote:
> > I think it's reasonable, considering that OOo/StarOffice adoption are
> > "first steps" toward OS agnostic solutions, that Linux-based GNU
> > systems will also benefit to some extent from the move.  The fact that
> > Msft continues to seek the holy grail of Msft-apps-for-Msft-OSes
> > solutions will hurt far more than it will help them.  I think, too,
> > that Microsoft has revealed something they should not have revealed at
> > the Massachusetts meeting - an absolute unwillingness to serve the
> > customer.  The customer is no longer king at Msft - if they ever were.
> >  That attitude will cost them more Windows business than Novell could
> > steal from them in a year.
>
> I agree that you may see app migration. I doubt there is going to be
> massive desktop os migrations anytime soon.
>
I don't think there will be much movement in the OS department for a
while yet.  Despite Novell's success in Indiana, I suspect we're still
at least another two years out before we start seeing more significant
OS migrations.  If the $100 laptop program takes root, that could also
have some far-reaching effects.  Again, though, it will be a while.

> As far as MS and the customer being king, they never worked that way.
> They have always used the drug dealer method of marketing. Give you a
> little early until you are hooked, and then charge you out the nose.
>
I'm so glad I managed to kick the habit! :-D

Don
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