On 12/13/05, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In general IT adoption is largely dependent on confidence, not the > quality of the technology. Boosting confidence in our product and > under-mining confidence in competing products is just standard stuff. Ok > some people might get a little over-zealous but then again some people > also delude themselves that they can be both pro MSO and Pro OOo. I'd > like to see a MS employee go to Steve Ballmer and say "Hey Steve, we > ought to be objective about OOo and not say anything that might be a bit > biased, its really rather cool and does things our product can't. Give > them a break and let's not expose any of their shortcomings, after all > you got to hand it to those guys they really are doing a good job" > > Its bad enough having a 360 million dollar budget working against us > without our own people not having the first clue about market realities. >
Precisely!!! And this is part of what I had in mind when calling for moderation on this list. Aside from the fact that a lot of disinformation is getting onto the list, fire-fighting is interfering with constructive work. Best to keep the arsonists out of the magazine in the depths of the ship. RM
