>>In previous posts Ken has pretty much said that MSDN sales count more toward Fox than stand alone sales.
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>Correct. Today. And when some beancounter comes along and changes the algorithm, what then??? Will we even hear about it...NO!
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>And by the way, I seriously doubt that IBM cares the least about MSDN sales. What comparable product do they sell that competes? Since IBM sells computers and MS doesn't, I'd say that IBM knows full well that when MS sells more of anything, IBM benefits.
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Go read the press. The world is not really .NET vs. Java. It's .NET vs. WebSphere.