Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Big iceburgs melt very slowly
I saw this article about how Microsoft Vista is not the rage of other MS OS releases. Windows 95 had people lined up at the stores dieing to get the new release. It is predicted that for most people, they will not pay to upgrade to Vista but will wait until they need a new computer and then getting it for free. The focus of the article was to say that MS is becoming less and less relavent. It's focus was on "Internet based software" and "Open standards" for software and the interchange of information. Saying that people don't upgrade like they used to. But my favorite quote was in reference to Microsoft slowly fading from importance since the majority of their income and profits comes from MS Office and their operating system. The quote was that "even big iceburgs melt, but very slowly".
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And yet, I'm still surprised that MS rakes in as much cash as they do with their corporate stranglehold. What a shame. I'm not so sure that ice berg is going to melt. Businesses have to start thinking about productivity and resources wasted with so many of these PCs. Just today the IT guy was all over our department because so many PC's had viruses. My door was open, and for a second he thought I called him - then he looks in my office and says "Oh, you have a Mac", and immediately walked away. The Mac users, at least here, don't have those problems. I am praying this iceberg melts faster.
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