Hilmar,

I don't really understand either why people are jumping on Peter's case, and then throwing in some Euro -bashing for fun, since Peter happens to live in Europe. Puhleeeeeez, people! Let's not be regionalists.

IMO he has a legitimate question, especially when it comes to sticking with MS or moving to other platforms that are "strategic" to their vendors, whatever that means and however each company understands it. Is it reasonable to ask Microsoft reps a question like this this AND expect the answer? Probably not (the last part), but it never hurts to ask, just in case.

Peter has a company to run and people to employ, so he should do his due diligence before making his next move.


Pertti

>Well, since you got some negative reactions to this post, I think I should state that I agree with you; specifically, the following part seems quite relevant:
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>The drive ... was that, to me, 'not a strategic product' is a conclusion rather than a reason.
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>But I doubt we will get more detailed information, about MS's motivation.