From: mike 

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:07:20 +0000, Adam
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote:

>mike wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:45:26 +0000, Adam
>> <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge"> wrote:
>>
>>> Geo. wrote:
>>>> I don't understand this need to upgrade, why not just go
and buy up a
>>>> bunch of XP boxed licenses or license a bunch of extra
corp editions so
>>>> that you are covered for the future and then even think
about an upgrade
>>>> till you near 2013?
>>>>
>>>> software does not wear out.
>>>>
>>> But support does.
>>>
>>> I think the google apps way of doing things will become steadily more
>>> popular as it isolates from OS'es etc.
>>
>> Bingo.  I see these types of moves as the first step in OS independence.
>>
>> Microsoft has proven that OS lock-in is a bad thing, and now the need
>> for an alternative computing paradigm is beginning to incubate
>> solutions.
>>
>>  /m
>
>Yup. More & more apps are becoming steadily OS independent from Java
>apps to web apps to most databases to Open Office, to Firefox/mozilla
>etc.etc.etc.
>
>
>I think that long term the lack of cross platform options will hurt MS
>across it's range from Office to SQL server to...etc.etc.


I'd really like to see google sell a Google Office Appliance to the corp
world.  Have it configurable so that the documents can be stored in user
directories on the corp SAN, charge $25 per user per year, with volume
discounts.

  /m

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