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While I am willing to give Billy and The Kids credit for helping the PC crowd
out of the dark ages of the mid 90's with their operating systems and
software, I have to point out that, in all honesty, many technology
consumers are pretty fed up with having to purchase new computers
and/or peripherals, or drop big patch/fix bucks, every time Microsoft
oozes a new "Stealth Beta Product" onto the market.
In a recent blog post, Yves Roumazeilles , quotes Steve Ballmer's (Microsoft) perspective that sales of Vista are "not reaching projections due to piracy." Yves makes the point that maybe the horrendous cost of Vista is more responsible than piracy.
How can we not agree with this perspective? While I agree with Yves, I also firnly believe that Microsoft has slipped up and fallen seriously short of that thin red line called business value in the business technology acquisitions arena. Bill... Maybe it's time you and the gang just kinda got with the "scarce revenue meets genuine value" program.
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You’ve probably heard of Six Sigma: Black Belts & Master Black Belts dashing about the enterprise in their Tae Kwon Do-Do gis chanting, “Plan, Do, Check, Act!”The core concept is simple:
Find & minimize errors up front – before the given process becomes out of synch – before defects occur.
I originally began teaching an abbreviated form of this methodology to software asset managers (SAM) and technology asset managers (ITAM) in early 2002 and we found plenty of great success stories. However, as with all popular methodologies, even Six Sigma can have a dark side when ineffectively implemented or when used as a silver bullet.
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When it comes to your current job, your career, even your place in the community, are you disposable? Maybe I should state this a different way: What makes you stand out from the crowd? Not merely the crowd around you right this minute, in your immediate vicinity but the global crowd? No matter what your age, position in life, nationality, or location on this planet, there are realities that you will need to face if--in the next few years--you are planning on maintaining the standard of living you currently enjoy.
There is an excellent "world reality" video available: Shift Happens , created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod - Globalization and The Information Age. It will astound me if this video doesn't change the way you perceive the world in which we live.
Do me a favor & watch it - it only lasts a little over 6 minutes. (Six minutes that I predict will radically change your perspective.) After you click on the link the video will pop up in a new window and on the left side of the screen. Be sure you have your sound on. After you have seen this, get back to me with your comments / observations. Considering the information provided, how can we - as individuals - ensure the continuation of our cultures, our personal security, our families, and our friends - without trampling on the needs of other members of our global community?
A more fearful question might be: When it comes to survival, will those "others" particularly care about those who are not of their cultures or positions in life?
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Wait a minute. It looks like maybe we’re having a direct impact on the enforcement industry. Since we started communicating with one another and working to PROACTIVELY maintain software license compliance, both of the independent enforcement groups in the U.S. have begun offering rewards "for information leading to…yadda-yadda.”
Now, in the latest instance of “let’s sue ‘em into submission,” the American softare police have upped their rewards--for the third time in less than 30 months--to a ludicrous $1,000,000! So? Is this the thanks that the software industry is giving American businesses for having some of the lowest piracy figures in the world? Does anyone out there, besides me, think that this enforcement game is getting entirely out of hand?
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