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Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Since I give them more of my $ than most people here (MSDN Universal, plus SQL Server 2000 licenses, blah blah blah), I don't see why it makes much difference if I refer to them as MS or M$.
In fact, familiarity with the CAL and volume licensing system(s), tends to make me more commercially antagonistic to M$, even though I use a huge number of their products and sell those installations to others. It's like good ol' used car sales hucksterism. I can just hear ol' Cal Worthington with his dog Spot (or is that Steve?
) saying "justTWOhunderdninedyninedollersaclientlicenseandwe lleventhrowinsoftwareassurance."
Since I give them more of my $ than most people here (MSDN Universal, plus SQL Server 2000 licenses, blah blah blah), I don't see why it makes much difference if I refer to them as MS or M$.
In fact, familiarity with the CAL and volume licensing system(s), tends to make me more commercially antagonistic to M$, even though I use a huge number of their products and sell those installations to others. It's like good ol' used car sales hucksterism. I can just hear ol' Cal Worthington with his dog Spot (or is that Steve?
) saying "justTWOhunderdninedyninedollersaclientlicenseandwe lleventhrowinsoftwareassurance."
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