>>Somewhat ironically, case and point:
>>http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2005-02-14-iptv-ready-to-ro
ll_x.htm
I find this comment telling:
"Who's going to fire you if you choose Microsoft? If you choose Digital Data
Wack, and it doesn't work, then you're going to get fired."
Remember the old saying "nobody got fired for buying IBM"? In those days,
there were many people who felt IBM represented evil, working to tie their
customer to their proprietary hardware and software. Back then Microsoft
was hungry, and the champion of (somewhat) "open" systems. Today, they are
fat and now trying to put the genie back in the bottle - becoming what IBM
once represented. And it's hurting them badly.
Meanwhile, the Open Systems movement, started by Unix, is catching it's
second breath in the form of Linux. History repeats in cycles...
Ken Elliott
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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Norbert Omar Cartagena
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 7:17 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] <OT> RIP Microsoft?
>
> This looks like the pattern, at least in the computer world. Remember
> that MS is also moving to other formats, though it hasn't been too
> profitable yet on those fronts. (Not just XBox, but interactive home
> digital entertainment.) As much as MS might want to compete with SONY,
> it's still a long ways from that. Look for them to buy out a major
> consumer electronics maker in the future, someone that will help them
> make the transition from a "desktop software" company to an "Internet
> services/Entertainment" company. MS isn't looking at the computer
> desktop as its pot of gold anymore.
Somewhat ironically, case and point:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2005-02-14-iptv-ready-to-roll
_x.htm
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