As one those tens of thousands whose conceptware companies were swallowed alive by MSFT then spit out 2000 Net implosion, all you can do is cry. MSFT are the Borg, all are assimilated. Unlike the neutered DoJ, MSFT doesn't roll over. They merely improvise, hack, adapt, copy, code bloat, modify, morph, contract, cancel contract, stall, prevaricate, codify, vaporware, abandon, do, undo, rollout and beta the user, always staying one step ahead, an iron fist in a velvet glove holding a valice of $1000 bills.
MSFT's endgame is already known. The Chairman has said so. Pay per use. Everything broadband and ephemeral and streaming out as pay per use. 100% etherware, locked inside an infinite do-loop of SSL coin toilets, a darkstar octopus e-server for bodyguard, and you're holding your pants and dancing in pain. Where would you like to piddle on the floor today, maggot?
Posted by: Al Dabaran on January 18, 2004 10:06 PM