XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:48:07 -0700, T wrote:   
      
   > On 7/16/25 7:07 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:19:07 -0700, T wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> You have to get "ALL" of the users programs that he has invested   
   >>> intellectually in and trained in before the user will consider   
   >>> switching.   
   >>   
   >> By that time they’ve gone out of business. So one way or another,   
   >> the problem solves itself.   
   >   
   > How so? They are functioning properly with what they have. You want   
   > them to start over.   
      
   Conditions change. Businesses either have to learn to adapt, or go out   
   of business. That’s how free-market competition works.   
      
   So the question is: do you see your IT infrastructure as a strategic   
   competitive asset, or just as an unavoidable expense, like taxes?   
      
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