To: N3WBI3
"For all of its talk about being an innovator, Microsoft is really just a follower."
Yeah, they just copy what the bigger, more popular companies do.
3 posted on
10/05/2005 7:49:15 AM PDT by
L98Fiero
To: L98Fiero
Correction: They copy what the smaller, more innovative companies do.
And more often then not, patent it and run the smaller businesses out of business.
7 posted on
10/05/2005 7:58:56 AM PDT by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: L98Fiero
There has been little innovation at Microsoft for some time. What has saved them is the willingness of their senior management, including Gates himself, to admit error and change direction. The best example of this was when MS initially thought the Internet was more of a passing fad. Gates realized the error and did a tremendous amount of product restructuring. Not many CEOs would have done that.
The other thing about MS is that they do not play well with others. Office is their #1 money maker. Anything that threatens that cash cow, like Open Doc formats, will be fought hard. Standby for more on this, including a lot of FUD's from MS Marketing.
10 posted on
10/05/2005 8:06:22 AM PDT by
Starwolf
To: L98Fiero
Im guessing there was sarcasm there, but I think you missed the point. MS does lead in terms of business but in terms of technology they are followers. There active directory which they consider modern is nothing but DNS, LDAP, Kerberos, and some other well aged mature technologies rolled into a package.
12 posted on
10/05/2005 8:11:44 AM PDT by
N3WBI3
(If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
To: L98Fiero
Yeah, they just copy what the bigger, more popular companies do. Ah, who would that be? BIGGER than Microsoft?
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