[Am-info] Boston Globe piece this AM

[T. Guilbert]

In a message dated 2002 July 29 (Monday), timestamp 08:43 AM, 
   on the topic [Am-info] Boston Globe piece this AM,
   "Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net> wrote:

"|Microsoft poised to lead .Net shift 

"|http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/210/business/Microsoft_poised_to_lead_Net_shiftP.shtml

    Still, with Linux, an open-source alternative that operates many 
    server computers, still too unreliable for average PC users, 
    customers have little alternative but to stick with Microsoft.

    "There are plenty of customers who are irritated and want to go 
    away from Microsoft, but they recognize and admit that they have 
    no options," said Al Gillen, a research director with IDC, the 
    Framingham-based market research firm. 

Too unreliable? 

Too unreliable? 

Too geeky:  that I'd accept. 

Too complicated for the average user:  that I'd accept. 

Unfamiliar application programs:  that I'd accept. 

But "too unreliable":  compared to what? 

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