They’re choosing something that’s been completely geared toward developers because it has more applications on it. These are users making these choices, often.

People choose Microsoft (the platforms for developers) over FOSS or other solutions all the time.

Microsoft may have been given the PC OS monopoly but they kept it by appealing to the one group who truly runs the show: Developers. But, if we keep chipping away then eventually, victory will be ours. We (OSS Advocates) have a hard time ahead of us as the MS supporting army rally around to keep OSS out. On the other hand some H/W makers are so in bed with Redmond they dare not do anything except toe the line. One possible way is to push the “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” approach.Ĭompanies like for example Oracle who take the time and trouble to make sure their products work on Linux are doing just that. We can chip away at the Lock in the MS enforces. There are others that don’t want any publicity for fear of a backlash from MS. The Open Document win in MA and the Linux conversions in places like Munich are the very visible end of the Linux wins. Microsoft has lots of third party companies presenting their latest “This product xxx will solve your yyy problems for ever” marketing plan into business all accross the board the ODD advocates have real problems fighting this FUD ( Fear Uncertanty & DERISION )

I saw DEC put lots of people through their MCSE (They even boasted about in their advertising) and then targetted business from the lower end of the SME segment to Fortune 100 companies with “Exchange will solve all your email problems” I (to my eternal shame) was one of the people witnessed the DEC initiative to get “Everything onto Exchange” in the late 1990’s.

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