> Unfortunately, projects like Avalon coupled with Microsoft's pulling the
> plug on Internet Explorer strike me as being precisely about forcing
> choices to serve their interests, and that qualifies as shameful.
Certainly, some percentage of those in thralldom will get dragged along
(err) by the horns. But I'm more optimistic, and I don't think the CxO
office is going to easily let their developers go whole-hog back down the
"fat client" chute. Shrink-wrap software that can carry its own baggage
won't be limited; they'll just depend on making sure all their customers
have upgraded with enough silage so that their fat clients have a place to
sit.
Enough analogies. :)
Sell your stock. Longhorn is going to seriously bring down the value
of that little software company in the US northwest.
/r$
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