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Microsoft IS proprietary. Adam Lang Systems Engineer Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company http://www.rutgersinsurance.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Rehm" <javadisciple@earthlink.net> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: Re: Proprietary era is over, IBM exec to say > John, you make a good point. > > John Myers - MM wrote: > > > I don't know that the big fuss is over this ... he's telling that > > audience > > what they want to hear ... he probably got a ton of applause from the > > group ... > > Correct. "The Market" has long been crying that "open standards" are > what is wanted. IBM is trying to put themselves on that side of the > aisle. I'm sure there will be people who point out that Microsoft > products are proprietary. So this is posturing. > > But I wouldn't get too concerned over what guys are saying here. You'll > notice that the same guys who will post "Bye Bye OS/400" at this > announcement are the ones who would have said exactly the same thing if > Z had said IBM's strategy was to go proprietary ("as soon as IBM says > it's strategic, it's dead"). > > There are people who don't look at what happens, they just twist every > bit of news to try to match it with the view they already have. > > > John > > > > John Myers > > -- > Chris Rehm > javadisciple@earthlink.net > > Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one > that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1 John 4:7 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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