Like I said in the first post

Post #83,780 by drewk 2/24/03 2:01:46 PM Reply	Like I said in the first post The over-riding feeling is depression that it takes so long to explain just what state the industry is currently in. On the one hand I'd want to break it into several smaller articles. On the other hand I think it's valuable to see just how big the issue is all on one page. If I were going to present this as part of a proposal to actually change my company's policies I'd want a little more footnoting for the more controversial passages. While I know it's at least as bad as you paint it, if I were trying to persuade someone I'd want more evidence. (Like the list at the bottom isn't already daunting.) Any one of the sections could easily be an essay in itself. As shown by the footnotes nearly every sentence actually has been an article in itself. Frequently whole series or articles. What I think is unique to your articles is that you recognize the sheer volume of negative activities attributed to Microsoft is itself an issue. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #83,786 by tseliot 2/24/03 2:14:43 PM Reply	Yes, please keep it all together. This was actually a point I made just now, sending it to our management. Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #83,789 by Andrew Grygus 2/24/03 2:21:45 PM Reply	Once it got big I thought of breaking it up . . . . but decided against doing so. It just wouldn't have the same impact. I do intend to add more references and perhaps a couple paragraphs, but it's going to stay basically as it is. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #83,837 by Ashton 2/24/03 5:21:24 PM Reply	Agree on the "single repository"; suggested Intro for others And hope that (if that is your intent?) this gets linked to Lots of other visible places - even as a project.. via everyone's er 'special connections'. I think I'm fairly ept at good English syntax (even if I often choose to break those rules here ;-) All your stuff scans well IMhO; it's neither verbose nor awkward - and that's a real achievement, considering the arcane nature of many of the underlying points that need inclusion.. for the edification of the better informed. Unfortunately I'm not a good test reader as "the non-Pro non-programmer" around here.. I've found the machinations of Billy n'B - through the years - to be an Interesting soap opera, just as any good English mystery == I've paid much more attention than the average non computer-geek would ever have [wasted]. Much of your content is already ~familiar to me, so it's hard to gauge just how well a lazy mind would react to the totality.. but a PHB could always pass it on to his actually literate hiree, for evaluation. I guess. (We always have to have hope) Possibly.. you or someone might write an 'suggested' Intro to every site which wants to link to aax. Something along the order of: "This compilation was created by a person who daily deals with the fallout from the widespread usage of unstable, flawed All-in-One software which was originally of the class, 'toy software'. This software retains much of that original character and underlying design flaws, as it has grown to a size that is now effectively Unmanageable, in the author's opinion." And/Or "This indexed overview of the concerns of small business is sufficiently complete (and annotated) that: a person in cold storage for the past ten years might glean a fair and accurate view of business software axioms. The article describes many pitfalls of trusting one's personal and business data - thus one's entire business - to an inherently unstable system. Further, it reminds of the consequences of allowing a single legally-discredited monopoly, random access to all of one's computer data of any kind. Via the included refs. one may verify the allegations via many other sources." Just a thought, Ashton
Post #83,966 by drewk 2/25/03 8:59:20 AM Reply	Send it to Kevin! ...a person in cold storage for the past ten years might glean a fair and accurate view of business software axioms. Someone like, say, Keven Mitnick? === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.

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