27 Quotes by Dwight Davis

It does a very hard thing: it makes Microsoft a sympathetic character.

I think they're feeling pretty good about the state of the code at this point. They're probably building a bit of a buffer for themselves, given their inability to hit the dates in the past.

Microsoft has a long history of publicizing its strategies by leaking memos judiciously, or not so judiciously.

Even if an application isn't tuned and tweaked to take advantage of Windows 2000, it should in theory run faster on Windows 2000 and be more reliable on a more reliable platform. For a lot of companies, that'll be enough to swap out NT and go to Windows 2000.

The whole purpose is to be sure that we're really testing the students knowledge and we want to make sure the computer doesn't serve as an interface.

Telcos and network service providers, ASPs and ISPs, have all been growing as important players in the distribution of software functionality. With Windows 2000, Microsoft clearly thinks it has a much better horse to ride into battle to get these folks as customers. They will emphasize the new ASP channel as one they are especially targeting in that regard. They need a platform that actually runs 24 hours a day, and on bigger hardware configurations.

They're taking a more intimate role, and not depending solely on partners to give that support. It is a response to backlash from customers who wanted Microsoft to have more of a role there, to stand as the ultimate backstop for support.

This makes me wonder about the prognosis for Alpha. At Compaq there has been major management shakeups, and this could be something that's fallen by the wayside. It's a very expensive venture and maybe hasn't generated the kind of return Compaq would like to see on it.

It's a bit ludicrous of anybody to predict the effect of such a break-up on the industry and say with any certainty whether it would be positive or negative,