Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Reverse-Halloween: The Marketing Checkbox Strategy
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Getting Microsoft software licences OSI-approved and similarly getting
>| Microsoft's proprietary document formats approved at ISO are like painting an
>| old Chevrolet.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| This may be enough to satisfy the enterprise customer that he is achieving
>| something different. Clearly, the substance is no different: it's a lock-in
>| in sheep's clothing.
> `----
>
> http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/08/the-marketing-c.html
Excellent - the world is truly waking up to what this is all about.
It's quite interesting that online journalism is massively outstripping
traditional news organs in highlighting and publicising these issues.
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