6 Apr
2013
6 Apr
'13
12:01 a.m.
On 04/05/2013 06:28 PM, Richard wrote:
I don't think anybody truly believes Microsoft invented vendor lock-in.
But they certainly perfected it.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Popular press
puffery. There are people looking seriously at these issues,
rather than running around like Chicken Little. Oh, except the Microsoft
problem: my daughter's homework is often sent to her in the latest version,
which can't be read by any version that runs on a PPC-based Mac.
Fortunately, my work laptop is a Macbook Air, but that's not an actual
solution for the problem of anti-sustainable product churn. -- Ian
While the above situation is true, it's not like "vendor lock-in" is
some sort of new phenomenon that is only due to Microsoft.