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I don't know, I work for a multinational manufacturing firm in the lighting industry and we have so many things tied up in Microsoft, it's hard to imagine we co
by irishloop 13y ago
I don't know, I work for a multinational manufacturing firm in the lighting industry and we have so many things tied up in Microsoft, it's hard to imagine we could extricate ourselves easily. Whether it's legacy Windows API applications still being used to track inventory or simply users' longtime use of Microsoft Office products, or ongoing development in a .NET environment, I do not think we (or many of our peers) are in any position to start moving away from Windows.
Your point may remain for consumer electronics, but much of Microsoft's revenue stream comes from corporate users anyway.
- endersshadow 13y agozalzane is also forgetting a big word: SharePoint. It's going nowhere, and it locks in companies to the Microsoft stack.
- jedmeyers 13y agoSAP might help you with your manufacturing needs. AFAIK Philips Lightning is using their products (SAP Manufacturing Execution and ERP).
- irishloop 13y agoI am (sadly?) not in charge of those high-end decisions, though I think we're pretty tied into Oracle Hyperion.