[NTLUG:Discuss] CCIA White Paper -- MS Win 2000 Server Domination

[Stuart Yarus]

Doug,

Thank you for your observations.  They make interesting reading and fodder
for thought.

Would you be interested in sending your notes and comments to DFWUUG also?
I am sure the folks there would also be interested.


At 01:48 AM 05/25/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>I've just come across a "white paper" published by the CCIA, the Computer
>& Communications Industry Association.  Its title is:  "Microsoft Windows
>2000: Blueprint for Domination".  It's located at: 
>http://www.ccianet.org/Win2000web.html 
>
>It's a very *lengthy* document; maybe it would be something interesting
>to read over a long Memorial Day holiday.  I haven't seen much notice of
>this in the press.
>
>I've not read the entire thing; only skimmed it so far, awhile ago this
>evening.  It appears to be an analysis of how CCIA thinks M$ is using Win
>2000 Professional and Server, together, to achieve server domination
>(and, perhaps, to reinforce its desktop domination).  The paper seems to
>make quite a bit about how technologies steadily are bundled into Win 2K,
>such that they only work best with the other -- Pro with Server, or vice
>versa -- "embrace and extend".  It offers several analyses of products or
>features -- item by item -- working better, or worse, with M$ or non-M$
>products.
>
>Quoting one paragraph:
>""The implications of Windows 2000 for consumers and businesses are
>monumental. The concern is not simply about whether choices exist among
>word processing programs or browsers. It is about design and control of
>the most fundamental patterns for computing, networked communications,
>electronic commerce, and more. It is about forcing consumers to accept
>products they don’t want or need, and preventing other innovations from
>ever seeing the light of day. And it raises serious questions: What
>opportunities will be available? What 
>information will be accessible? At what cost?"
>--
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