Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
wait
But we'll have to wait and see how that actually works.
apple company excited hard hype increasing products quarter revenue
But it's hard to get excited sometimes when your company delivers increasing revenue quarter on quarter, yet you read hype about Apple and their products and they get all the buzz.
die habits microsoft
Old habits die hard. Microsoft would really need to communicate the benefits.
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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.
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My expectation is that Microsoft's entrance into the security product market will drive out many of the smaller vendors within 24 months.
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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.
fits survey vanilla
Nobody's infrastructure is the same, so it's unrealistic that you could do a vanilla survey that fits everybody.
backup bigger
Many of them, particularly if it's a bigger drive, will come with backup software. That really simplifies things for the user.
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When I look at Linux, the playing field isn't level because Microsoft is the incumbent.
closest partners reality
The reality is that most of Microsoft's partners are also its closest competitors, but that's nothing new,
consumer developer interest
There is a lot of developer and consumer interest around these applications.
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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,
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I think it's too bad in a way. I would have liked to see a new Windows Media version for the Mac, and have Microsoft take the media battle to Apple's home court.
meant
It is meant to be an idea factory.