Re: Is MS Maturing? (was tlug: Hustling NT 5 out the door)

[Scott Perlman <perlman@example.com>]

With what they charge for the support they give..

Was it here that I saw a referenc e to tsite where they mad ethe
comparison between calling an on-line psychic and MS tech support.

It boiled down to the psychic was cheaper and politer and came just as
close to answering the question.

-Scott

Sean Bennett did state upon Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 11:13:47AM +0900:
> > ...hmmm....     ...there's big bucks in the support industry nowadays...
> 
> Not to quote myself, but... mark my words!  Check out this Forbes article;
> 
> http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/1012/6208039a.htm
> 
> Bill Gates is commenting on how a sure sign of a company maturing is when support
> revenues surpass product revenues.
> 
> *How to compete with linux??*  Give away a pared-down Windows, then charge for support
> and applications.
> 
> Sean.
> 

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