Re: [SLUG] MS Threatens to Pull Windows From Market?!

From: steve (steve@itcom.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 22:19:28 EST


On Tuesday 05 March 2002 02:04, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 March 2002 01:31, you wrote:
> > No folks, I think your Windows is safe for a long time, no matter what
> > gets dictated to Microsoft. I say let's call Ballmer's bluff, and see
> > how far he's willing to go.
> >
> > Paul
>
> If I thought MSFT would actually stop shipping their OS, I would sell all I
> own and borrow all I could to invest in Mandrake and SUSE stock as fast as
> I could convert things into cash.
>
> Instead, I think I'll have another cup of this excellent cranberry tea.
>
> Bill
>
> PS ... Ballmer may know more about how ready MSFT is to deliver
> "applications as web services" than we've been told.

Note that he said that "it would mean for us to..." Not that he would.
Plus MS has now delayed the release of .net. Does not look to ready to me.

-- 

Steve



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