[LINK] Rents, points of control and the IT industry

[Roger Clarke]

At 21:17 +1100 30/10/10, Stilgherrian wrote:
>I reckon that if you want to understand the future of the IT 
>industry, you could do worse than to read this piece by Jim Stogdill.
>http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/10/points-of-control-rent-extract.html

Quite apart from the valuable analysis, I've sent the last line to my 
son.  (He's been my tech support for the last deade or more - 40-year 
industry-veterans *need* tech support).

I couldn't have said it better myself, except in my case it's in 
planning, so still future tense:

>last night my Dad said to me: "I can't stand Microsoft and avoid it 
>as much as I can. I've switched to Ubuntu because I got tired of 
>paying Bill Gates a tax so he could run a charity."


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