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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Goutam who wrote (74990)	10/11/1999 1:16:00 PM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 1576619

Not directly related to AMD, but an interesting and a must read article from the Infoworld - infoworld.com ___________________ IBM's Gerstner warns of proprietary 'trap' By Rob Garretson, InfoWorld Electric Posted at 7:03 AM PT, Oct 11, 1999 GENEVA - Without identifying Microsoft by name,Lou Gerstner, chairman of IBM, Sunday warned against getting "trapped" by the "worst" elements of the computer industry, and instead called on IT and telecommunications companies to merge the best of their respective industries to forge the emergingInternet economy. --- Interesting tid-bits from the article ----- ... "Going forward we have a great opportunity to bring forward the best of the telecommunications industry and the best of the computer industry, and we also have an opportunity to ensure that we don't drag the worst of our industries into this new world," Gerstner told the gathering. "Now the worst of my industry -- the element that we must leave behind -- is the mentality that seeks to own and dominate standards, and to establish a choke hold based on proprietary technology." "There are still a few companies that still don't get it," he added, "who are still trying to propagate proprietary computing and communications technology in order to exert control. I think their motives are obvious. But, in my view, they are standing on the wrong side of history." ... "We know that the PC era is over," Gerstner said. "The PC itself is not dead. But it no longer occupies center stage and it is no longer the only available network access device." "The e-business network services opportunity is huge and it means that more and more telecommunications providers and information technology companies like IBM will need to partner," Gerstner said. " We will need to work together. No single company will be able to provide all of the necessary skills and assets. ... "Now I suppose the appetite and ambition of one or two will drive them to try and gobble up everything themselves," Gerstner said, in another apparent jab at Microsoft. "For the rest of us, we know we have to partner." "The good news is that movements like Java and Linux are powerful reminders that those who bet on proprietary standards are not going to win in a heterogeneous, open, networked society," he added. "And any customer or nation who gets trapped by a closed architecture runs the very real risk of being left behind." infoworld.com ___________________ Another article from the same publication - Compaq CEO sees unrecognizable PCs in future infoworld.com Goutama