32 Quotes by Michael Silver

That's why Linux has not taken off more than it has today,

The more proficient you are with Microsoft Office, the more you'll be annoyed.

For business users, bringing on new equipment, much like changing operating systems, has to be because there's a demonstrated need.

It looks like they did, to some extent, what the Department of Justice couldn't. I could see where this could make it harder for Windows and Office groups to work together, and they do need to.

Do I have tools to get something this large onto my PCs without administrator intervention?

Eventually, they will need to do consumer releases more often. They don't need to do enterprise releases as often, but they need to be predictable.

It's still a manual process. It's still something you have to remember to do. Any time you're relying on the user to remember something, there's a good chance that they'll forget.

They want the enterprise to have excellent Windows NT support, but they don't necessarily want to be the ones to provide it, ... Microsoft does want that involvement and to have more account control over their larger enterprise customers.

The issue is whether it's cheaper to support two operating systems and have lower operating costs, or spend the money on migration. Most companies don't have an automated way to do an OS upgrade, so a full-scale migration would be the higher cost.