Calif. cities, counties sue Microsoft

[Tom Adelstein]

On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 13:14, IT Dept wrote:
> Glass stomach installed and ready ... no monkeys yet ... 
> 
:)

> Sadly you miss the point and that point is that lawsuits WILL NOT cause
> M$ to lose any of what it's gained. 

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Lawsuits, execution, technology misfires, etc. one thing that one cannot
deny: The existence of business cycles.

IMO, the cumulative effect eventually wears one down. Go back to 1999
and think about the then Microsoft and the now Microsoft. Or better yet,
the then Red Hat and the now Red Hat.

No one missed your point. Even Standard Oil eventually broke.
Organizations exist as a concept - not something tangible. It's a gang
of people. Those dynamics ultimately prevail. Breakdown the leadership
structure; stop innovation by tying people's hands with litigation;
watch the stock flatten; let your customers hate you; it all gets to you
eventually.

How did you feel when Novell said take the 4.0 exam or lose your certs?

If enough people leave, then you wind up with a Ray Norda or a John
Archer.

It's an interesting exchange of ideas, but probably better left to a
different forum.