32 Quotes by Michael Silver

Immediate is pretty quick. It would be nice if there was some sort of time line that says you have to do it within six months or a year.

If there's one word that I use to sum up what I'm hearing from customers, it's resentment.

If they add too little, people don't find it compelling, and if they change too much, businesses can't absorb (the new software), even if they do get it out the door. This is the 'damned if you do, and damned if you don't' situation that Microsoft finds itself in.

Installing the patches on new implementations without testing may be a quick alternative that minimizes legal risk, but risks breaking applications.

But it's a heavy-handed way to get companies into Software Assurance.