Re: Is MS Maturing? (was tlug: Hustling NT 5 out the door)

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Scott Perlman wrote:

> With what they charge for the support they give..
> 
> Was it here that I saw a referenc e to tsite where they mad ethe
> comparison between calling an on-line psychic and MS tech support.
> 
> It boiled down to the psychic was cheaper and politer and came just as
> close to answering the question.
> 
> -Scott

I want the URL for this, if anyone has it handy...?  Thanks.

> 
> Sean Bennett did state upon Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 11:13:47AM +0900:
> > > ...hmmm....     ...there's big bucks in the support industry nowadays...
> > 
> > Not to quote myself, but... mark my words!  Check out this Forbes article;
> > 
> > http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/1012/6208039a.htm
> > 
> > Bill Gates is commenting on how a sure sign of a company maturing is when support
> > revenues surpass product revenues.
> > 
> > *How to compete with linux??*  Give away a pared-down Windows, then charge for support
> > and applications.
> > 
> > Sean.
> > 
> 
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