Re: [OT] New Desktop OS?
> Most businesses (unless they just copy the software)
> spend far more on Windows, word processing and similar
> programs than they do on custom-written apps.
Okay.
> And with Microsoft planning to force new purchases
> on everyone in a couple of years, they can probably
> see how it will be cheaper to pay Sun (or any good
> Java programmer) to re-write those legacy apps.
"they can probably see" means Sun needs a sales department to "help them
see," because, in my own personal experience in my business, 90% of my
customers are stu- I mean ignorant- of all things PC and OS, and they'll buy
the M$ marketing message, which is "it's too difficult to switch; everybody
uses our products so you better, too; etc..."
> I'll bet if you bought, say, 100 licenses from Sun,
> they'd convert the data for you.
> Plus there are at least a few who don't exactly agree
> with Microsoft's plan to "own" their data.
Disagreeing with them and getting out of their grip are two different
things, unfortunately. :-\
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