Re: RE my XP Windows got broke in a Hailstorm -- MIDRANGE-L

actually MS is going after customers (one of mine right now) for well over
six figures - all in Office. What was report in the press about MS backing
off
a little seemed to not include companies already identified.
jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Taylor" <jtaylor@rpg2java.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: RE my XP Windows got broke in a Hailstorm


> Jim,
>
> Cheap is winning regardless of the ongoing problems. Their marketshare is
> increasing. Can we say the same for iSeries?
>
> If MS were ever dumb enough to start seriously going after Joe Public for
> his pirated copy of Office, or the latest OS upgrade, we'd see the
monopoly
> collapse in no time. JP won't switch to Linux because to him, open source
or
> not, it's all free anyway, so why bother. But if he suddenly had to cough
up
> $500 for his version of Office, then StarOffice would start looking a
whole
> lot more attractive.
>
> Of course, they're not nearly dumb enough to do this. Whatever JP uses at
> home is what he's going to be whining for at the office. Instead, they're
> going to try to nickel and dime him to death with subscriptions and
> transaction fees. And JP is very likely to go for it, because he's proven
> time and again that he'll pay whatever you ask, as long as it can be done
> with easy monthly payments.
>
>
> > but you are right - cheap wins until something bad happens. I think
> > some of the coordinated attacks on IIS & XP will change some people's
> > perceptions. (NT/2000 is now considered a "kiddie-hack")
>
> I disagree. JP has a very short memory.
>
> MS has been campaigning hard to develop market awareness for
.NET/Hailstorm
> et al. And outside of the IT world, they really hadn't been all that
> successful. Suddenly, the entire world is talking about these technical
> problems that MS has been having. Of course, the conversations sound like
> "ya, all their Hailstorm servers are down", and "the Microsoft InterNET is
> down right now".
>
> If it was my company, I'd be absolutely giddy at all the publicity this
has
> generated. In fact, if the service *was* ready to be restored the next
day,
> I'd have told my staff not to do it yet. There is no such thing as bad
> publicity, and this amount of press is priceless.
>
>
> John Taylor
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 1:35 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: RE my XP Windows got broke in a Hailstorm
> >
> >
> > > -cheap
> > > -easy to use
> > > -cheap
> > > -visually appealing
> > > -and cheap
> >
> > until the day he needs that report, and the "network's down"
> > until the day his competition read his email...
> > until he's fired for not backing up his work & 6 months of work is
lost...
> >
> > but you are right - cheap wins until something bad happens. I think
> > some of the coordinated attacks on IIS & XP will change some people's
> > perceptions. (NT/2000 is now considered a "kiddie-hack")
> > jim
> >
>
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