From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

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.

Adam

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