After takin' a swig o' grog, Erik Funkenbusch belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:45:16 -0500, Linonut wrote:
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>> "In the meantime, the reality is that many vendors have come to the
>> conclusion that it is not worth trying to fight the Microsoft default
>> phenomenon -- it's far more effective to just accept and work
>> around it. Recommind, for example, will happily snuggle its advanced
>> search engine into a SharePoint environment, and Meridio compliance
>> functionality is designed to be embedded into Microsoft Office."
>
> Actually, the reality is that many vendors see business opportunity in
> filling in the missing parts of a given Microsoft solution. This is a far
> cry from "not worth trying to fight" it.
No, it is exactly that.
The companies are pretty certain that if they provide a nice solution to
fill in a missing part, and it proves popular, then ...
> ... Microsoft does fill in those parts themselves,
SeewhatImean?
> those companies cry like stuck pigs.
No, they don't cry. They go bankrupt.
> Linux stays in it's niches because it doesn't have the one thing that
> Microsoft has in spades. Marketability.
No. Not marketability. Marketing. And over-zealous corporate
evangelism.
I will admit that Microsoft has /some/ marketability -- the same way IBM
did a few decades ago nuk nuk.
As far as Linux's marketability, well, I would counsel Linux advocates
to be vewy vewy caweful what they ask faw.
Their company might end up like... ahem... Novell, surprised to learn
that Microsoft had an ulterior motive >gasp< for the deal.
Nice Microsoft advocacy, Erik. Keep it up!
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Linux -- because it's *your* money, not Microsoft's
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