Microsoft tipping

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Monday 29 December 2003 01:22 pm, Tom Condon wrote:
> Alma,
>
> On Monday 29 December 2003 10:20, David A. Bandel carved in
> granite:
> <SNIP>
>
> > This is only part of the equation.  The other part is, when
> > one of your clients/partners/whoever you need to trade
> > correspondence with upgrades, you can no longer read their
> > files.  This is, of course by design.  To embarras/force
> > upgrades.  It works.  Few will call their
> > client/partner/whoever and say: I can't read your file, can
> > you save it in an old format?
>
> One more part of the equation.  New hardware designed to take
> advantage of the new OS, and not backward compatible.  Most
> of the more "reliable" M$ products will not run on newer,
> faster, better hardware.  So if you want to upgrade your
> hardware you have to upgrade your OS/Apps with it.
>
>
> In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,
>
> Tom  ;-})
>

and I think we've just covered several reasons many of us found our way here 
on this list -- "...we happy few..." (I am certain that Shakespeare would 
have used Linux.)