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A Useful Addition
Observations on Software - Markets, Technology, and Companies
Friday, October 11, 2002
Observations on Software - Markets, Technology, and Companies
Friday, October 11, 2002
Low Cost PCs Threaten Ability To Innovate
Maintaining that "someone" is subsidizing the actual cost of low-cost PCs ($199 at Wal-Mart) running the LindowsOS, Microsot's Steve Ballmer insists Microsoft won't cut costs to be competitive. Ballmer: Windows prices are firm [ZDNet Tech News]
Software Assurance: "Protection Money"
Unhappiness over Microsoft licensing program remains.
Sell To LOB Managers
The discussion of how cost-justification duties are increasingly falling to line-of-business managers overlooks the larger trend - that LOB managers are increasingly driving all aspects of IT acquisitions. It's no longer adequate - arguably, it never was - to simply target the IT organization in sales and marketing efforts.
Maintaining that "someone" is subsidizing the actual cost of low-cost PCs ($199 at Wal-Mart) running the LindowsOS, Microsot's Steve Ballmer insists Microsoft won't cut costs to be competitive. Ballmer: Windows prices are firm [ZDNet Tech News]
6:26:28 AM 
Software Assurance: "Protection Money"
Unhappiness over Microsoft licensing program remains.
Microsoft Licensing: Still A Sticking Point For Some Enterprises [TechWeb]
6:15:21 AM
Sell To LOB Managers
The discussion of how cost-justification duties are increasingly falling to line-of-business managers overlooks the larger trend - that LOB managers are increasingly driving all aspects of IT acquisitions. It's no longer adequate - arguably, it never was - to simply target the IT organization in sales and marketing efforts.
Business units inherit more IT cost-justification duties [Computerworld]
6:08:49 AM