>Yep they sure are making all the same mistakes IBM did.
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I don't think that MS is necessarily making the same mistakes IBM did. I think MS is aware of the risks, and decided to take them because larger enterprises are a more lucrative market. I think MS is much better at watching their back than IBM was. That doesn't mean they'll still keep their dominance if/when something better comes along, but they'll probably do a better job at trying instead of ignoring the whole thing until it's too late, like IBM did.

>They think that they are delivering power and control but they could end up devlivering inflexibilty and complexity.
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True. They've already done that to some degree. You've probably heard the twist on their "Where to you want to go today?" slogan--"Were do you want us to drag you today?"