[CLUE-Talk] M$ strikes again

[djperkins at americanisp.net]

> On 10-31 09:36, G. Richard Raab wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 October 2002 02:18 pm, Dave Price wrote:
> > > --The Court of Microsoft--
> > >
> > >  agentorange writes "Microsoft Steps on Sale for K-Mart
> > >
> > 
> > And if you look closely, the kmart site is Linux based, even though they 
may 
> > have been MS at one time. Personally, I think that what MS is doing is 
great. 
> > What they are showing is that MS software should not be part of a companies 
> > inate value. As such, when you buy MS software, it is worth less than 
Linux. 
> > 
> > And now, MS is also showing that they will openly prosecute you during your 
> > worst hours to keep what bit of value you have even lower.
> > 
> > Shine on MS, shine-on.
> 
> I agree. The more stuff like this they do, the better. The free market will
> punish them soundly for this if they keep it up. 
> 
> It also gives me more ammo - I remember telling a rabidly pro-MS (and
> anti-OSS, anti-Java, anti-Oracle, anti-Sun, anti-anything that competed with
> MS) boss of mine a few months ago how I thought MS's recent actions showed
> the thrashings of a company in its death throes. It might not show on the
> balance sheets, or on Wall Street - but they have showed many signs of
> desperation to anyone paying attention[1]...paying attention to anything
> other than trade rags that are engaged in a love affair with MS, that is.
> 
> Unfortunately, he isn't the sort of person with good listening skills. He
> orchestrated my downsizing, and proceeded to use more MS stuff. I can't wait
> until it comes down to people getting fired FOR buying MS. 
> 
> [1] Anyone know where a list of these is compiled? As well as famous MS
> problems like the Navy ship having to be towed back to shore, security
> holes, etc.?
> 
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as 
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I seem to recall someone getting fired in 99 for trying to deploy an NT WAN 
world-wide.  NT, the email system, and I don't recall what else failed 
miserably and cost millions of dollars.  Too bad I don't remember the company.

I think that the original solution was some Unix system with different vendor 
software packages.  Then MS came in and did its song and dance to some upper-
level managers, who overrode the IT people.  That's the trouble with letting 
management make
decisions.