[Am-info] X-BoB a big loser?

[John J. Urbaniak]

Sujal Shah wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 08:11, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> [SNIP]
> >
> > Looks like Microsoft's attempts to enter markets other than Windows
> > aren't working.  That's a very bad sign for the company because they
> > know that the PC OS market is pretty well saturated.  They simply can
> > not sustain their accustomed rate of growth without breaking into other
> > markets, like gaming, broadcasting, etc.  But it ain't working.
> >
>
> Actually, they can.  By actually leveraging their monopoly power in
> office applications and desktop operating systems to raise prices on
> customers (i.e. "Software Assurance").  While I remain convinced that
> viable alternatives exist for both markets, I haven't noticed any
> mainstream switch away from Microsoft products in those two markets.

I posted  questions to this list about "Software Assurance."

1.  What did the customers pay for this? (roughly)

2.  What did they get?

I really would like to know the answers.

John