> I beg to differ.
> Other companies CANNOT fight M$ on its own ground.
> I used to work for a company that, for a short time, sold M$ products.
> Eventually we had to give up because even though customers wanted the
> products, we had to guarantee to M$ that we would not sell any competing
> products.
I've been resisting the urge, but this just tipped me over.
Trying to get a decent supplier of Microsoft products is actually getting
hard! The run around in the last few years for an MS distributor (who
doesn't ignore the little guys) in Sydney has been amusing, if nothing else.
We got a call from MS a while ago asking if we were satisfied with the
service from our distributor (they had to get involved because the
distributor was hesitant to deal with us).
I gave them a pretty solid serve. We can't get decent service from a
distributor if they change every few months, or they're too scared to work
with smaller stores due to the shenanigans MS makes you go through.
I used the words "anti-competitive". I think I heard a sharp intake of air
on the other end of the line.
I'm somewhat satisfied to be able to say we don't have MS stock *because* of
MS. I'm greatly satisfied to be able to offer our two shelves worth of Linux
material as another option.
The coin-counters and managers aren't satisfied at all. They're sick of
being screwed around with by MS and their cronies.
- Jeff
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