Laura DiDio
Laura DiDio
companies public small watching
I really like small companies that aren't public but they'd be ones I'd be watching when they do an IPO.
definitely product whether
They'll definitely keep integrating it, whether through product development or acquisition.
aol battle compete created developer google news web
They have to do this to survive, compete and thrive, because MSN is in a pitched battle with Yahoo, Google and AOL ( NYSE: AOL - news ), which have created their own Web developer platforms.
business door foot leg means prevent typical
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.
answer average explicit percent
on average 75 percent could not answer explicit questions.
If you don't have those estimates, how do you do a TCO? That's scary.
answer cannot cost estimate evaluate extent license linux questions recover security takes truly unix whether windows
If you do not know what is on your network, if you cannot at least estimate the hourly, monthly or yearly cost of downtime, if you do not know how long it takes to recover from a security outage, if you cannot answer questions about the extent of your company's license compliance, then you cannot truly evaluate whether Linux , Windows or Unix is right for your business.
defect kids less likely
If you get the kids young, they are less likely to defect to Apple.
fourth last looked market quarters stock three
If you looked at the stock market last year, for the first three quarters the market was down and it made it all up in the fourth quarter,
building few meant next past people software start systems thinking twice word year
For the past few years, the word proprietary has meant 'bad' software, ... But I think people are going to start thinking twice before building their own systems with open-source software in the next year or two.
active best effort mixed takes users wait
If I had a mixed environment, I would wait and see the effort it takes to deploy Active Directory and then see if Active Directory or NDS is best for my environment, ... Without redirect, users will have to choose.
bullish decisive moves themselves year
I'm much more bullish on them this year than I was a year ago. They are making some very strong, bold, and decisive moves to get themselves back on track. 2006 is going to be very interesting.
error margin
The margin of error for them is minute.
key security
The key to Vista is security, security, security.