-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed August 11 2004 04:56, Anders Johansson wrote:
Analogies, I love breaking them :)
When you're drowning you generally want to attract as much attention as possible to that fact. If you could, you would take out a full page, front page ad in the New York Times saying "I'm about to die, please help"
But is that really a sound business strategy when your company is going under? :)
I absolutely agree. M$ is about the market and in the market "perception is reality". Hence if M$ shows any sign of weakening they will get devoured by the market vultures. So FUD away! If M$ takes a market hit then make press releases about a new win in another market as if it is the only market that matters at the time. XBox was great for this until it came to light the Sony was kicking their ass and the year end reports of massive financial losses in the M$ entertainment division confirmed this. Then they buy so called "independent" market analysis to proclaim M$ is more secure (I rolled laughing) or the TCO of M$ is far superior then Linux - also a joke. M$ is riding on the laurels of it's market share. They really don't like the fact that the stock price has been relatively flat for close to 2 years now or that the amount of critical mass for Linux has arrived and someone might soon be asking - can Linux compete - or more appropriately can M$ compare anymore. No, M$ will paint a nice rosey picture right up until they are no longer believable - which is becoming the case more and more - not the M$ will ever admit it. Just MHO, Curtis. - -- Spammers Beware: Tresspassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! Warning: Individuals throwing objects at the crocodiles will be asked to retrieve them! If pro is the opposite of con, then the opposite of progress must be congress! In the Ocean it's called salvage, on land it's called grave robbing! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBH9ZH7CQBg4DqqCwRAr+iAKCyruq/pIQQJRPRqtNzDGHaq0MorQCg0ocT hoJh+OE2Y9HdxexEdcWlgk8= =IjY2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----