On 2006-06-10, Roy Culley <rgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> begin risky.vbs
> <42611013.0ztUJbJjdz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>> Not encouraging.
>
> MSFT is down about 20% in a little over a month. Clearly there is a
> serious lack of confidence in MS. Anymore bad news from Redmond and
> the stock will dive.
>
> They are committed to releasing vista next January even though they
> haven't even decided what features it will include yet. To take
> advantage of the few new features it does have over XP will require
> buying new HW.
>
> No doubt OEM's will be 'pressurised' to install vista on new PC's. For
> MS's sake it had better be a more stable and more secure OS than any
> of its predecessors or it will bomb. Past history doesn't favour MS
> being able to do so.
Perhaps Dell is making their decision now. Possibly they'll keep
selling XP, introduce more and more linux, and put a mention of Fisted
on the site for the 30 people who might be curious. But they might be
positioning themselves to move on once Vista comes out and sinks below
the sludge and debris on the bottom.*
HP is already positioned in the market in some countries should they
choose to head off that way. It wouldn't take much to make the push in
the rest of the world where they aren't doing much yet.
Gateway is never ready for changing trends, so don't be surprised if
they bleed millions trying to sell new crapware boxes before they
realize the world has passed them by again.
No doubt, though, the acceleration toward the end is coming on/about
01-2007.
* Where Flatfish dwells.
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"Giving money and power to government is like giving whisky and
car keys to teenage boys."
-- P.J. O'Rourke
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