So, I am an older technologist....stretching back to running VM and MVS on IBM 4300 mainframes. I learned VTAM, TCP/IP, Cisco 6500 and 2501 switch and router configuration, HP Minicomputers (3000) and even Prime and Digital (PDP1130), throw in some Novell 3.1x and 4.x installation and admin....even Windows NT and Active Directory installs. Well, I have decided to move to software development. Here is what I see: Novell once dismissed competitors the way Microsoft does today. I even read blogs where the MSN people dismissed outside web strategist's expertise......this is the equivalent of what Novell did to usher its eventual demise. MSFT, I have watched who you hire and what type of expertise you value.....Google has a Sun Tsu strategy that you cannot even see. Similiar to China and Russia's approach to energy and what it takes to grow an economy......Chrome is the first Georgian conflict to whittle away MSFT's dominance.....but MSFT is battling using outdated models and methods which they have come accustomed/dependent on and have dismissed dissenting voices right out without even a cursory glance. Short MSFT over the next 10 years. In reply to: "What Chrome means for Microsoft"
September 2, 2008