This group feels that they are particularly hard hit and that they don't have much leverage. |
This is a typical 'Merging Business 101' tactic: prevent your adversaries from getting their foot in the door and a leg up on you by any means necessary. |
This will set up two environments, which will cost more to manage and integrate. |
With the new products, Sun is targeting about 20 percent of the market that has high-end servers. But they have a core constituency firmly in their camp. |
You have the skeptics saying, 'OK, they're taking on Adobe and Macromedia,' which are pretty known in the space. [Microsoft] faces stiff competition there, but it's still Microsoft. Anytime they show up in a market, you have to take them seriously. |
You know all those extra lines of code that we sometimes refer to as bloatware. It's actually very important and efficient stuff. There is some very substantial functionality built into the operating system. |
You put all these tools together and what is supposed to help users is going to add a big layer of complexity and expense. |
You're paying a lot for these licenses, but you're getting a lot, too. These are real, tangible benefits. |