Re: EXACTLY: Microsoft Systems Journal

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:23:09 -0500 (EST), Beech Family wrote:

>>It seems that eventually people who can gain competitive business
>>advantages from having code that works well and is easy to extend, fix
>>& enhance will eventually stop putting up w/ MS's bad code.  At some
>>point the compatibility/stability vapor benefit will not be enuf.
>>Or will it?
>
>This would be true if people [those in businesses who make the decisions
>about what software to buy ?] were better informed and educated. I've been
>under the impression that recently, a lot of purchasing decisions are being
>made by people who don't know much about software [or hardware!]..much to
>the dismay of the people in the organizations who are responsible for
>maintaining or even using the software/hardware.
>
>I've been out of the loop [in terms of being an employee of a large
>organization] for a long time..but - if memory serves me well..this sounds
>like a pretty likely scenario to me.


     It certainly would help if those who make these decisions had a
clue, but the problem is that unless they get one soon it's a moot
point.  If they don't get it in the near future it won't matter if they
get it later, because if nobody supports the alternatives they'll
quickly cease to exist.  It's kinda like voting, if nobody votes we're
likely to lose the right to.  If people want choices in this industry
they'll have to making them, if they sit back and allow M$ to be the
'defacto' standard they'll soon be no alternatives left.


>
>Visions of Dilbert's boss thinking his "etch-a sketch" is his new laptop..
>
>Dilbert and Wally saying.."Don't forget - you have to turn it upside down
>and shake it to reboot.." <G>]


     Hey I work with those guys, they're the same IS department heads
that keep sending me all those ridiculous 'virus alerts' ;-).

 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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