Microsoft: How It Became Stronger Than Ever http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_23/b3735001.htm -- -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm@cupserv.org
Yes, but... http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2766045,00.html Insurer Considers Microsoft NT High-Risk Synopsis: J.S. Wurzler Underwriting Managers, one of the first companies to offer hacker insurance, has begun charging its clients 5 percent to 15 percent more if they use Microsoft's Windows NT software in their Internet operations. On Tue, 29 May 2001, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Microsoft: How It Became Stronger Than Ever
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_23/b3735001.htm
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I couldn't finish the article, I had to go puke. What a line of crap. This is one of the better lines of FUD I've seen in a while. Remember for FUD to be affective it must be interlaced with lots of facts - facts that are presented with a particular slant. This is that case with this article. It ignores a myriad of polls about customer and corporate discontent and loathing related to the licensing agreement and the subscription angle. It also ignores the sentiment related to IT managers that have worries about dismantling stable systems, after years of patching and tinker, to "upgrade" to XP and M$' other new offerings and start the "let's see how long we can run without a crash this time" scenario. It is obvious that this writer is playing to the misinformed and general - "I just use my computer, I don't know what makes it work" crowd. Cheers Curtis :-/ On Tuesday 29 May 2001 08:59 am, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Microsoft: How It Became Stronger Than Ever
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_23/b3735001.htm
Man, I feel very pukey. I "cannot puke no more capn". What with this article and the thought of Tony "The Witch" Blair walking down the halls of MS, Reading UK is enough to turn anyones stomach. So much for a neutral government...Time to go and pray to the porcelein goddess... Matt On Tue, 29 May 2001, Curtis Rey wrote:
I couldn't finish the article, I had to go puke. What a line of crap. This is one of the better lines of FUD I've seen in a while. Remember for FUD to be affective it must be interlaced with lots of facts - facts that are presented with a particular slant. This is that case with this article. It ignores a myriad of polls about customer and corporate discontent and loathing related to the licensing agreement and the subscription angle. It also ignores the sentiment related to IT managers that have worries about dismantling stable systems, after years of patching and tinker, to "upgrade" to XP and M$' other new offerings and start the "let's see how long we can run without a crash this time" scenario. It is obvious that this writer is playing to the misinformed and general - "I just use my computer, I don't know what makes it work" crowd.
Cheers Curtis :-/
On Tuesday 29 May 2001 08:59 am, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Microsoft: How It Became Stronger Than Ever
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_23/b3735001.htm
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I couldn't finish the article, I had to go puke. What a line of crap.
Hey, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.....ya, that's the old line, but this isn't even a good story. I couldn't agree with you guys more! -- Regards, Richard Saint Clair, Co-Founder Technical Manager Internet Users Society Niue Chairman, Pacific Island Chapter ISOC -------------------------------------------- stclair@niue.nu www.niue.nu Voice (68 3) 1157 Fax (68 3) 4237 Internet Service Provider, Niue Island -------------------------------------------- ISP/C, ISOC, APIA, NCOC, ISOCNZ, PICISOC -------------------------------------------- No computers were harmed in the making of this message.
Quote: "No computers were harmed in the making of this message." You obviously aren't running Office 2K are you? Hehe! On Tuesday 29 May 2001 06:47 pm, Internet Niue wrote:
I couldn't finish the article, I had to go puke. What a line of crap.
Hey, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.....ya, that's the old line, but this isn't even a good story. I couldn't agree with you guys more!
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Curtis Rey
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Fred A. Miller
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Internet Niue
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matthew johnson
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Tony Zafiropoulos