Something interesting happened on the road to and from software dominance. Microsoft, which always delighted in displacing the old farts of technology, has become an old fart itself. Yes, ladies and gents, meet Microsoft: the new IBM. What once seemed a hungry, always-working-the-angles product powerhouse now seems increasingly set in its ways and downright stodgy.
Case in point: When asked how Microsoft will fix its enterprise licensing debacle, a spokesman professed disbelief that there's even a problem, saying the program is right in line with how Oracle does things. So here's a high-ranking PR person actually citing Oracle (Oracle!) as an exemplar in corporate licensing. That would have been unimaginable from the old Microsoft. Another example: A SQL Server product management-type discounts MySQL out of hand. He never sees the open-source database in any mission-critical deployments, it sneaks into corporate accounts, blah blah blah. Does he not remember this is exactly how SQL Server started out not all that long ago? Maybe he better talk to some of his elders.
News source: CRN
Case in point: When asked how Microsoft will fix its enterprise licensing debacle, a spokesman professed disbelief that there's even a problem, saying the program is right in line with how Oracle does things. So here's a high-ranking PR person actually citing Oracle (Oracle!) as an exemplar in corporate licensing. That would have been unimaginable from the old Microsoft. Another example: A SQL Server product management-type discounts MySQL out of hand. He never sees the open-source database in any mission-critical deployments, it sneaks into corporate accounts, blah blah blah. Does he not remember this is exactly how SQL Server started out not all that long ago? Maybe he better talk to some of his elders.
News source: CRNWhat's New in This Release:
· Added possibility to select the default project dir.
· Changed the select drive combo boxes, and added icons.
· Fixed the convert Wav to MP3 window so that open and saves shows correctly.
· Fixed an error when canceling test write in the ISO Writer.
· Fixed so that ISO writer open with the default project path.
· Fixed installer so the file msvcr70.dll installs in the system dir.
· Added an option to backup, and restore the option settings. This is useful if you want to restore the values after an uninstall.
· Added a check when canceling a write, now you will get a question if it’s ok to cancel.
· Fixed an error when there is no sound card available in the Audio Writer.
· Fixed the convert MP3 to Wav window so that open and saves shows correctly.
· The size meter will now work without any CD or DVD in the drive.
· Fixed an error in the size bar when adding small files.
· The ISO converter can now handle big .bin files and convert them to .iso.
· Corrected an issue when trying to convert small .nrg files.
· Added the possibility to enable and disable automatic speed detection from the options dialog.
-VB Guy
IBM was the huge dominator in the PC world. Then they blew it for numerous reasons, mostly boiling down to having their heads stuffed in the sand. They ignored a paradigm shift and got left way behind.
The larger a corporation tends to get, the more sluggishly it seems to respond to major shifts. It's the "we built our success on this method, so let's keep this method" mentality.
Much the same way Apple has.
Or maybe Motorola had some compromising pictures of him with a monkey. Who knows
but all thing considered, i'm not counting out microsoft anytime soon. they still invent and upgrade new products. and all those bitchy people that hate the "upgrade lock in" cracp, can get bent. they should try Linux, 6 months upgrade cyles. it's kinda short considering it might take 1 month to fully deploy a mid sized network each time.
i don't care what the rest say, i think ms, novel, ibm, red hat, they all doin a good job more or less. they work hard. it's all good
This one part jumped out at me. You are talking about home & hobbyist versions. The 'enterprise class' versions are on a much longer release cycle. The RHEL 2.1 to 3 release was over a year and a half. Yes, it is more frequent than WIndows, but many corporations skip WIndows releases, so Linux shouldn't be any different. Upgrade at the accepted corporate pace with whatever is current - whether Windows, Linux or whatever.
microsoft is simply to big, a risk that ibm ran and lost, and hp is also doing
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