[50843] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microslosh vision of the future
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vadim Antonov)
Sun Aug 11 21:44:27 2002
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@exigengroup.com>
To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020812011719.AAA23179@shell.webmaster.com@whenever>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Microsoft already duped the software consumers into buying into fully
proprietary software. Given the prevalent time horizon of average IT
manager's thinking I fully expect Microsoft to get that stuff deployed
before the poor saps start realizing they're being ripped. After that
Microsoft will leverage their market power to exclude any competition.
Exactly like they did it before on numerous occasions.
Their PR budget is bigger than GDP of some nations. They're ruthless and
show remarkable lack of respect to the notions of fairness or common good.
Be afraid.
--vadim
On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, David Schwartz wrote:
> Microsoft can have whatever vision of the future they want and can use any
> resources at their disposal to bring their vision to light. Everybody has
> that right. If I don't like it, I won't buy it. If they convince customers
> that they gain more than they lose, only a gun will make them buy it. I don't
> see Bill Gates packing heat any time soon.
>
> *yawn*
>
> --
> David Schwartz
> <davids@webmaster.com>
