Re: Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/12/06, Jeff Kinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing that end user businesses (EUBs) frequently don't understand, is > that they are not Microsoft's customer. MS' customers are the companies > which resell MS sfw. I think this mis-perception is a core strength of MS > market share. Mic

Re: Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/12/06, Richard Soule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Realize that this site is really for ISVs who want to jack up their > revenue instead of 'customers'. Oh, they want to jack their customers, too. ;-) -- Ben "Hi-jackee" Scott ___ gnhlug-discuss m

Re: Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:03:02AM -0500, Randy Edwards wrote: > > Actually, on a slightly more serious note, this Microsoft ad copy makes the > > same mistake some of their print ads do. I quote: "Overall, more software > > revenue is generated on Microsoft Windows operating system than any ot

Re: Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Richard Soule
Randy Edwards wrote: I noted something similar when I looked at the site's business case page. They feature a graph of how many billions in revenues there were for various operating systems. Well, from a customer's point of view, that's generally a *bad* thing -- you want the software comp

Re: Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Randy Edwards
> Actually, on a slightly more serious note, this Microsoft ad copy makes the > same mistake some of their print ads do. I quote: "Overall, more software > revenue is generated on Microsoft Windows operating system than any other > operating environment" I noted something similar when I

Re: Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/12/06, Richard Soule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently MS has lined up a bunch of folks to assist with the migration > from Linux to MS: http://www.isvnxt.com/ Actually, on a slightly more serious note, this Microsoft ad copy makes the same mistake some of their print ads do. I quote

Re: Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/12/06, Richard Soule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted Microsoft: > NXT is a new end-to-end initiative specifically for ISVs ... who are ready > to migrate or cross-platform to a Microsoft ... "Step in to my parlor, said the spider to the fly..." -- Ben "Don't go in there!" Scott

Help for moving off of Linux to NT is available!

2006-01-12 Thread Richard Soule
Apparently MS has lined up a bunch of folks to assist with the migration from Linux to MS: http://www.isvnxt.com/ What is NXT? Overview & Benefits: NXT is a new end-to-end initiative specifically for ISVs with solutions driving over US$5 million in revenue who are ready to migrate or cross-pl