MS threatened by Open Source :)

Ben Boulanger ben at blackavar.com
Wed Feb 5 14:00:17 EST 2003


On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/05/HNmsthreat_1.html
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"The company's revenues would be unfavorably impacted if customers reduce 
their purchases of new software products or upgrades to existing products 
because new product offerings are not perceived as adding significant new 
functionality or other value to prospective purchasers," Microsoft wrote 
in its filing. 
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What a great line!  It's like saying "Oddly enough, people have smartened 
up to the fact that they don't -have- to buy the new version if we don't 
change anything but the name... go figure!"

???


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