My concern is that Microsoft has introduced too much complexity, making more difficult the arduous purchase decision process. Microsoft is right to get information out earlier, because evaluating an Office purchase will be much harder for businesses this release cycle compared to Office 2003 or XP. |
My expectation is that Microsoft's entrance into the security product market will drive out many of the smaller vendors within 24 months. |
My expectation is the Intel chips would appear first in [Apple] notebooks and maybe consumer Macs, |
Nobody's infrastructure is the same, so it's unrealistic that you could do a vanilla survey that fits everybody. |
Old habits die hard. Microsoft would really need to communicate the benefits. |
On a zero-day exploit, it is kind of tough to move fast enough. |
Once an individual or company makes an investment in Windows, buys the software, and continues to spend money on upgrades, it will not suddenly shift to Mac. |
Real was the only protagonist left in the EU case, so the settlement should help with Microsoft's appeal, since the problem involved appears to have been fixed, |
Shortages like this are one of the effects of Apple keeping announcements quiet. Many companies will begin moving product through the channel before an announcement. Sometimes you'll even see Microsoft software on store shelves before it's announced. |
So, to get to the benefits that come with this, they have to get past whatever retraining will be needed around the new user interface. |
Some people might speculate that Opera couldn't compete by charging when AOL, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla and most other browser developers give away software for free. Not so. Just the opposite is true, |
The approach has a lot of merit. Real is taking Rhapsody beyond the [PC software] and opening it with respect to other platforms, plus it brings the first real subscription music service to Mac and Linux-based products. |
The bottom line is, it's about business. |
The EU wants licensed code to be available for use in open-source and free software, a request Microsoft has resisted. I would be shocked if that position has significantly changed. |
The more people who know about it, the more chance there is of the secret getting out. |