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In Redmond, Windows Current has generally been regarded as the biggest competitor to Windows Next, and there comes a point where people won't pay $hundreds for
by iigs 18y ago
In Redmond, Windows Current has generally been regarded as the biggest competitor to Windows Next, and there comes a point where people won't pay $hundreds for another dialog box prepended on the workflow for changing your IP address.
You'd think that Embrace, Extend, Sell would be a better mantra than Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, but I guess that's why I'm not a Windows product manager.
- mzexfswlkrji 18y agoThats why you can't buy WindowsCurrent-1 Business would be perfectly happy sticking with W2k or NT4, there haven't been many breakthroughs in the technology needed to type a memo or update a sales spreadsheet. The only way the money keeps flowing to Redmond is that new machines only come with WindowsNew and eventually everything else has to update because it's a pain managing a mixed environment.
- iigs 18y agoIndeed. Really all most companies want is continued support (patches). This model is crying for a subscription arrangement and MS was tripping over themselves trying to figure out how to make Windows a subscription business. It seems like it should be possible...
- jwilliams 18y agoMicrosoft tried the subscription model and it failed miserably. They eventually gave up and switched all the subscription licenses to perpetual one... A savvy colleague of mine immediately went to the store and bought all the subscription licenses on the shelf (they were considerably cheaper than a full license).