Microsoft '04 similar to IBM '87?
by Volker Weber
Peter points us to an interesting analysis in ACM Ubiquity. I had a good laugh when reading this:
I recently attended a presentation of a Microsoft strategy for a particular market - worth about $1b - where the company's particular strategy was outlined. And, touch wood, it was just like being back at IBM, with long lists of blue squares with incomprehensible four-letter acronyms, assurances that Microsoft had products or at least standards for every conceivable use, and an implied promise that "nobody has been fired for buying Microsoft." I caught myself looking round for 3270 terminals.
Aside from this chuckle, there is a lot of thought in this piece that I concur with.
