[50844] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microslosh vision of the future
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Sun Aug 11 22:41:24 2002
From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
To: <avg@exigengroup.com>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 19:40:45 -0700
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0208111834460.2657-100000@arch.exigengroup.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:43:17 -0700 (PDT), Vadim Antonov wrote:
>Microsoft already duped the software consumers into buying into=
fully
>proprietary software.
=09I don't think duped is really a fair description. They simply=
provide a
large number of users with what they want. There isn't currently=
an
alternative.
>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.
=09That's what everyone said about IBM, way back when. The reality=
is that you
can't hold the market unless you continue to provide people with=
what they
want.
>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.
=09If they didn't show a lack of respect for the notion of the=
common good,
they should be sued. Their responsibility is to their=
shareholders. It's not
their job to protect your interests, it's yours.
=09Obviously, Microsoft is going to have a vision of the future=
that involves
Microsoft everything and their going to use all the resources at=
their
disposal to make that vision come to pass. You should expect=
nothing less of
them.
=09If your vision of the future of computing differs from theirs=
(and I'm sure
it does, I know mine does!) then you work to promote your=
vision.
=09Short of correcting any false factual assertions made in this=
thread, I'm
done with it. It has no operational content as far as I can tell.=
If you
think Microsoft can make IP go away and replace it with something=
more
secure, you're crazy. (Not that this would be a bad thing, I just=
wouldn't
want MS to design the replacement!)
=09DS
