[Am-info] Gates' Small-Business Gamble

[John J. Urbaniak]

Paul Rickard wrote:

>
> >As Gates envisions things, desktop and business apps will be
> >woven together via Web services to let IT departments mix and
> >match applications across networks with less middleware, custom
> >integration, and consulting.
>
>       Microsoft's OEM partners who have built their entire businesses on
> consulting (particularly IBM and HPQ) will NOT like this one.
>

Yep.  They danced with the Devil.  They thought the Devil would always be
there for them.  But the Devil's going on to other things ...

John