Dwight Davis Quotes

That's where they're stepping up to the plate and saying, 'We at Microsoft are going to get more involved in the top-end, mission-critical [support] available from partners, be it HP or whoever. - Dwight Davis

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. - Dwight Davis

SOAP created a common way for two different pieces of software to connect to each other. In the past, many applications were monolithic--made up of hundreds of thousands of lines of 'spaghetti' code. It was tough to modify any one piece without causing a ripple effect. - Dwight Davis

Not just Microsoft but everybody has been trying to come up with new ways to increase their penetration into that smaller part of the market. - Dwight Davis

Microsoft is being quite cautious in trying not to look opportunistic with [year 2000]. They're worried there will be a backlash. - Dwight Davis

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

Linux has been somewhat suspect in performance compared to NT 4.0, and if Windows 2000 raises the bar, it raises the bar above where Linux is competing. On the other hand, there's no stopping Linux being the key alternative to Windows 2000 for as far as we can see. - Dwight Davis

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. - Dwight Davis

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