On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:50:23 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ SierraTangoFoxtrotUniform ] on Monday 25 September 2006 18:30 \__
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>> Roy Shysterwitz wrote:
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology
>>> http://tinyurl.com/r474d
>>>
>>> XP was unsuccessful in terms of sales.
>>
>> Really ?
>>
>> "In that time, this software has been Microsoft's most successful release
>> ever in terms of sales. The research firm IDC estimates that about 485
>> million copies of XP, excluding pirated versions, had been installed by the
>> middle of this year."
>
> That precisely the paragraph I was referring to when I wrote this. I
> attempted to dismiss it for being invalid, as did people in other forums
> that discuss the article. If attaining a stronghold on OEM's using scare
> tactic counts as a valid business strategy, then yes -- XP was a great
> success. Not to mention lock-ins, self-corruprting O/Ses, and vital Service
> Packs that raise the requirements of the older systems, forcing the client
> to follow a narrow route to a issuing another $ale. Ka-ching.
Notice how Roy can't stick to the subject but now jumps all over the place
talking of Microsoft's tactics etc....
What a moron...
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