The problem is that as a company eating from the hand of Microsoft, you can't really do much innovation on your own, or you'll be stomped flat. Consulting firms can survive without Microsoft. What exactly do you get from them that you can't do without? Microsoft-centric solutions work, but so do non Microsoft-centric solutions.
tal Research, IBM, Quarterdeck, Apple, most Unix vendors, Borland, Intuit, most ISPs, numerous hardware manufacturers, etc.
You're essentially complaining because your cut of the goods Microsoft is getting from destroying the industry as a whole might disappear.
You can't innovate (Score:1)
hand of Microsoft, you can't really do much
innovation on your own, or you'll be stomped flat.
Consulting firms can survive without Microsoft.
What exactly do you get from them that you can't
do without? Microsoft-centric solutions work, but
so do non Microsoft-centric solutions.
tal
Research, IBM, Quarterdeck, Apple, most
Unix vendors, Borland, Intuit, most ISPs, numerous
hardware manufacturers, etc.
You're essentially complaining because your cut of
the goods Microsoft is getting from destroying the
industry as a whole might disappear.