When will utility computing filter down to home users?

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Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
It will happen when hell freezes over and M$ becomes benevolent.

So is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation not benevolent?

How about Paul Allen. He stepped in to become one of the principal financiers of the SETI project when NASA stopped funding. Was that not benevolent?

And funding SpaceShipOne, an initiative that will one day lead to you and me being able to visit space without having to pay millions of dollars... I guess Allen's interests are purely selfish on that one too?

I'm so sick of all the blind M$ bashing. Sure they had a lot of lucky breaks. But they worked really hard too. And have made more employee millionaires than any other company in history.

Sorry if this seemed to come on too strong. I'm not trying to attack you.

It's a little late and I'm not filtering as best as I should.

From my perspective, as someone who owns a consulting company that is a Microsoft Certified Partner, working with MS has lead to wonderful things for me.

In life and in business, you make strategic decisions about whom to ally yourself. Sometimes, you realise that you didn't make the right move. Microsoft has buried many competitors, it's true. But don't forget about all the companies that have made tons of cash by working with them.

To me, it all seems like so much sour grapes whenever I hear complaints from executives of companies that took on MS and lost.

They all claim that they failed not because their business plan was flawed or poorly executed, but because M$ is evil and unholy.

[az]

Originally posted by DGhost
interesting. Corel dumped a lot of time and money into helping WINE out - they were using it to easy the linux development of their office products.

Corel also have been on the verge of bankruptcy for the past few years, and would probably be bankrupt if Microsoft hadn't helped them out. All their Linux plans are dead, they don't even support Macs anymore. I think they're hoping for tablet PCs gaining market share, because they do some of the software for them.

AZ