32 Quotes by Michael Silver

Microsoft should produce a single patch for Office 2003 SP1. SP1 is still supported and installing it, and a patch would be much easier for users than having to test and install a whole service pack, which is what they need to do to comply today.

Microsoft is seeing the light on some of what it needs to do to promote Vista to enterprises. But they're not all the way there yet.

Vista is inevitable for a lot of people. When a consumer buys a new PC, it likely is going to come with Vista.

Even for people with bad lung disease, bronchitis, end-stage emphysema and asthma, the mere effect of focusing on a basic body function like breathing can be restorative.

There should be a plan and policy in place to address metadata management before you deploy Windows Vista.

There would be cost and complexity, and the key for many business users, the reason they wouldn't migrate, is because it would just be too much effort for very little demonstrated need,

Companies experimenting with requiring users to purchase their own PCs should expect more Macs to enter their environments.

Companies already think that switching to a Mac OS from Microsoft wouldn't be worth the hassle. A large company with thousands of PCs has a huge number of applications that require Windows, so they wouldn't even think of migrating. That puts them in a very non-Apple frame of mind.

Companies on Windows 2000 will have the most additional pressure, because they need to start moving relatively early anyway.