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From: Richard B. 

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:53:59 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:

>Yes, I know your situation is different from mine, but what did you do for
>those certain applications you needed when you were on OS/2?

Back then everything did run under OS/2, we were forced to move to NT mainly
because of Autodesk.  MS Office became a standard as well that helped kick the
horse.

I just can't see the MS OS model lasting much longer.

>The trick is not to get so integrated that you can't ever move again,
>everyone wants integrated systems but there is a downside to too much
>integration.

Can't help it irt to AutoCAD.  We'd need a very compelling reason - like a
"new" CAD package that is quickly adopted by everyone - that
would allow us to
move on.  We'd need plenty of other application vendors to have products that
ran natively on the new platform.

I wonder if we'll get back to where we use to be with small, tight applications
which, by their nature, would be a good fit for internet distribution.

We're starting the install of Autodesk 2007 products...talk about code bloat,
these pigs are quite portly!

- Richard

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