There's only one explination for M$ - they're all smoking crack :) Not one positive comment in the reader statements section. No one seems to be pleased about this and most of them see right through M$' tactics and their real motives. Alot of them seem to have an undertoned of feeling trapped. I still think .Net/HailStorm is gonna flop. And if the trend I see continues, related to the users attitudes. M$ is not only has a loaded gun. but they may be confused as to where the head and feet are - shoot themselve in the foot - this could seriously give them brain damage. Pair this with their pricing and licensing scheme along with the massive hacks a DDos attacks looming in the next year to 18 months - oh boy!!! Cheers, Curtis On Monday 04 June 2001 01:01 pm, Fred A. Miller wrote:
"I'm finally buying into the notion that in the next few years the application service provider model will become a major factor in the way enterprises do business--but only as long as the user is at a fixed terminal. The more I study Microsoft's plans for Office.Net, the more I'm persuaded that productivity software should not be delivered online in the foreseeable future."
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