__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Thursday 31 May 2007 11:03 \__
> Windows is a virus, once you've got it in the door, you are forever tied
> to Redmond. MS uses it as a vector to insert a vein into your company
> and forever draw off nutrients. Selective contracts also serve this
> purpose. The recent NOVL/MS deal being a case in point. If Visto was so
> open and documented why would NOVL need a secret and exclusive deal to
> achieve interoperability.
>
> This deal is a typical example of the standard Redmond maneuver. Company
> A is seen as the current threat. Find a company (B) in the same sector,
> 'partner' with them and them and then distort their business so as to a)
> impede A and wrong foot B. Down the line drop the 'partnership' with B
> and partner-up with A or the next big schmuck, by which time B has lost
> its focus and is discredited. MS only ever partners with companies as a
> prelude to exterminating them. Don't anyone ever study the history books.
>
> Like, MS 'partners with mobile phone company, MS donates 'technology',
> MS buys out company, MS is now in the mobile phone business. Insert IPTV
> or VOIP and repeat.
The problem is that execs are easy to bribe (directly or indirectly). It's
not the company per se that makes decisions as a whole. With so much in
stake (Widnows+Office revenue), everyone's price can be met.
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