From: BillK (bill@wkidston.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 09:14:39 MST
Andrew Grygus of Automation Access published a 50+ page report on
February 23rd 2003 entitled "2003 and Beyond -- Technology trends that
will affect your business and how you do business."
http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html
This is a big detailed report, heavy going at times, but well worth the
effort to digest. It will give you a frightening and eye-opening look at
Microsoft's public plans over the next decade.
Using research and news articles from hundreds of different sources,
it is an in-depth, ten-year look at information technology in general
and Microsoft in specific.
"This article is a guide to trends that are already in full motion
and well known by technology specialists, but are far from
obvious to most business managers."
A few tasters, just to raise your eyebrows :-)
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Longhorn - Big Changes for Windows
The very disappointing uptake of Windows XP has convinced Microsoft they
must force upgrades. License 6 does force customers to upgrade on
Microsoft's schedule, whether they want to or not, but a majority of the
market has not adopted License 6, despite Microsoft's threats. Clearly
drastic changes are needed to Windows to generate renewed upgrade
revenue.
The successor to Windows XP (due in 2004, and rapidly slipping to 2005)
is currently code named Longhorn, and it will not be compatible with
your existing software, hardware or methods. Microsoft has already
stated that backward compatibility will not be a design feature.
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Microsoft Office
Office 2003 and Windows Server 2003 will include a Rights Management
Services feature for document security (W25). If Microsoft can convince
businesses to use this feature, Office 2003 documents will be completely
unreadable by OpenOffice / StarOffice, WordPerfect Office, Lotus, and by
all older versions of Microsoft Office, forcing a total upgrade of
Windows, Office and the computers it runs on.
Office 2003 will not run on Windows 95, 98, 98SE or Me. Microsoft is
very clear that it will run only on Windows XP and Windows 2000 with SP3
(Service Pack 3) applied (W17). Currently over 60% of Microsoft's
business customers are still running Windows 95/98, and would have to
purchase all new computers for an XP upgrade - new computers soon to be
obsoleted by Longhorn and Palladium.
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The PC Industry
The PC industry was once thriving, driven by rapid innovation. It's now
down and it's not coming back.
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The Software Industry
The PC software industry is in the final days of being destroyed by
Microsoft.
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That's enough. Have a good read!
BillK
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