Op Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:59:27 +0000, schreef Roy Schestowitz:
> __/ [Martha Adams] on Thursday 09 February 2006 03:33 \__
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>> It's interesting that Microsoft is going to sell "protective" services
>> to users of their products. There's an old concept that a product
>> offered for sale is by implication suitable for its application.
[big snip]
> Microsoft have recently returned to ground 0 and began creating Microsoft
> Singularity, which is a new and different operating system altogether.
"Singularity" ... hmm ... now isn't that a synonym for "black hole"?
Something which will swallow and utterly demolish everything in its path
and give nothing in return? Sounds awfully familiar already ...
> I think *that* says something about what *Microsoft* think about (the
> quality of) their current O/S and the prospects it has to becoming
> secure.
It appears they're getting somewhat desperate with their current product's
lock-in qualities, designed to trap customers, but now proving to be their
very own tar pit (ah yes, also a black hole of sorts ...)
>> Now Microsoft itself is jumping into the market it created. Doesn't
>> that prove something about the quality of their product?
>>
>> Cheers -- Martha Adams
It proves that they're shrewd businessmen and excellent marketeers - they
have to be, given the quality (or rather lack thereof) of their products.
Regards,
Richard Rasker
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