RE: RE my XP Windows got broke in a Hailstorm

Chris,

>
> But John, it isn't the Joe Public who makes those choices. It is the MIS
> professional. That's the guy Joe Public will blame if his credit card does
> get stolen or if a virus attacks his computer.
>

As usual, we'll have to agree to disagree. In my opinion, JP is THE deciding
factor in the ultimate technology choices. Don't confuse who he's going to
blame --always someone else-- with who's going to make the decision.

Let me tell you about what happened to me just yesterday afternoon.

The owner of one of the companies that I work for came into my office and
asked if I had time to go for a ride with him. As we're travelling along in
his car, he begins to tell me what this is all about. It seems that he's
been at a car dealership where he saw the new "Microsoft Computer".
Apparently, it's really small, but very powerful, and it has brilliant sharp
colours on the screen. He's convinced that we need to start buying these
Microsoft computers. He even has the name of the computer outfit that sold
these to the dealership, and he thinks I should give them a call.

I play dumb to see how far this is going to go.

We get to the dealership and he starts chatting it up with the counter clerk
who had shown him this great new computer. As it turns out, the Microsoft
computer consists of a decent quality LCD monitor, connected to an el-cheapo
clone PC that's tucked neatly out of site. It's running Win98, and the guy
has a couple of browser sessions going, along with their dealership package.
Nothing special. So where did the "Microsoft Computer" come from?

The keyboard. Right across the top of the keyboard, is the name Microsoft.

One JP start's chatting it up with another JP, who just happens to love his
new toy because it's so much better than the Unix terminal that it replaced,
and one more company comes a hair's width away from buying a whole bunch of
new Microsoft Computers.


John Taylor

p.s. - Not 3 weeks earlier, I'd pitched him the IBM Netvista X40, which *is*
really small, powerful, and has a nice screen. But no sale, because it's too
expensive.


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