Jonasion

Spammers Want Microsoft to Change Outlook 2010

In the light that your needs only amount to 250$ for the past two decades is really impressive, but it also tells me alot about your needs and habits when it comes to the use and understanding of software. Please excuse me if you're a hotshot IT-guru, but the fact that you don't need more software than you do, and that you enjoy a product like Outlook 2003 tells me that you're just not that IT-savy when it comes to alternatives to monopolistic software, as you deftly call naming process.

Don't get me wrong, I love windows, I just recently changed to Mac for the first time in 15 years. I love it, would never go back, unless for gaming reasons and a real good Windows 7. I don't mind IE, but all browsers are better than IE. Firefox is the best, because it allows me to tailor my browser to my work habits. Oh, if you only knew the power of the dark side!

I ended up here on your blog because I was looking for solutions to get a copy of the Outlook 2010 alpha which is out, but not open.

But to get to the point: Microsoft has not, just like Apple is doing it today, never opened their software to the outside world. Just look at hotmail users, they cannot get their email-addresses out of the address book, without having to integrate this and that. It's their address book, if they want to use it with another provider, like google mail, then they should be allowed to integrate out of the MS software. Vendor-lockin is a much too used fascet of IT-business, and I for one adore the European Union for having the balls, when it comes to legislation against monopolistic behaviour. So the more Open Source you get out of MS the better - thank fully the new CEO sees the world this way too, and products from MS will become more open in the future.

For me software is what enables me to do my job fast, precisely and it allows me to juggle many balls at the same time - and it makes me perform better than my colleages - so spending more than 250$ to keep me performing at max is a no brainer for me. Havning software from 5 years ago... I hope you are really good at what you do, or that nobody else does it, because eventually somebody will do it faster and better, simply because they are more open to newer software.