On Thursday 21 June 2001 21:33, Curtis Rey wrote:
This is one of the more blatant examples of M$ fear.
Well, as James Caan once said, as he turned around to face the interviewer with his eyes crossed, "Here's how I look at it." Microsoft has id'd the competitors in a formal manner, eh? The list of official competitors can now be attached to any and all correspondence re: MS. This, of course, makes it an easier argument for companies to immediately convene their committees to evaluate their in-house IT requirements. A hospital that is locked into MS needs to seriously consider the impact of potential isolation from vendors that might lose access to servicing their needs. Costly considerations are coming up, folks. There's a hefty cost to staying with MS, now, that wasn't there before. Excellent if you're interested in convincing enterprises to make the move to Open Source. Just a thought, Tom