__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 29 July 2006 14:40 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Microsoft: PCs need a major design makeover
>>
>> Company's designers want hardware to have 'Vista sensibility'
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Doesn't sound much like Microsoft, does it? But it is. BusinessWeek
>>| has learned that a team of 20 in-house designers has been working quietly
>>| for the past 18 months on an elegant new look for PCs that will run
>>| Microsoft's next operating system, Windows Vista. It's a major
>>| departure for the company, which historically has left design to the
>>| likes of Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Gateway. Persuading the hardware
>>| guys to embrace the toolkit won't be easy. They're already working
>>| overtime to build better-looking gear on their own.
>> `----
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/kkam5 (msn.com)
>
> hahaha! Any more barrels to scrape?
If you can't control the OEM's selection of distribution and
hardware, replace it or manipulate its choices. Same with
IBM. If you can't make the end-clients (businesses) choose
Microsoft solutions, then allocate a budget of half a
billion dollars to eliminate IBM's presence in that area.
Microsoft wants to be the producer, the middleman, the
lawyer, and the hardware manufacturer/distributer (see how
Zune and OneCare destory long-time partners). Anything that
makes the monopoly grow by outmuscling the competition and
-- ultimately -- makes the investors (and/or Mr. Bush) more
pleased is only part of the Grand Plan.
Best wishes,
Roy
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