[DotGNU]We must not underestimate Microsoft

[Norbert Bollow]

Tom Lord <address@hidden> wrote on the FSB (Free Software
Business) list:

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I hate to keep holding up MSFT as the spectre of our doom, but
*there's* an organization that by all outward appearances is highly
coherent -- one gets the distinct impression that there, teams of
high-level, well-qualified decision makers develop and continuously
refine comprehensive software strategies, then develop tactical plays
out of that strategic vision.  One also gets the impression that they
are making progressing in leaps and bounds in terms of their ability
to execute those tactical plays. (And it's interesting to compare that
situation to the challenges described in the above quote from lma.)

We in the FSB world now face the additional challenge of creating
similar coherence and accuracy *across corporate boundaries* in a
situation where several of the key players, like their proprietary
Unix progenitors, are busily competing with one another over minor
points.

-t
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