__/ [ timjowers@xxxxxxxxx ] on Monday 25 September 2006 18:15 \__
> Richard Rasker wrote:
>> Ah, goodie! Another Microsoft sponsored Study! And boy oh boy, is it a
>> beauty: "The Economic Impact of Microsoft Windows Vista".
>>
>
> <snipped a good analysis of ridiculous marketing claims>
>
> When is Vista due out? I mean when will it really hit the streets?
> Better be sooner than later for the M$FT pocketbook.
>
> Novell, rpath, spikesource, RedHat and many others already have some
> superior products. Even the Digital Restrictions Mess might be figured
> out by the time Vista arrives. The way I see it Microsoft has three
> things going for them:
> 1) Digital Restrictions Mess /Good-old-boy system
> 2) File format standard (.doc and maybe .xls)
That is already changing. People are utterly pissed off when they find out
that their latest Britney Spears CD just wouldn't play. Or when their
on-line acquisitions of music affects their mobility (choice). And as regard
formats, I blogged about it just 15 minutes ago.
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/09/25/certification-iso-odf/
,----[ Snippet ]
| This file is in OpenDocument Presentation format, which
| is the international standard for presentations (ODF). One
| common applications that handles it is OpenOffice 2. I
| understand that Microsoft intends to catch up with the standard
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> 3) Momentum. Lots of HW vendors promote M$FT and people are used to
> them. They've done a great propaganda campaign. Ask someone fresh off
> the boat from India: the propaganda there has them thinking Bill Gates
> is a rags to riches story!
*LOL*@"rags". A 6-bedroom house; Daddy as the vicious lawyer; Mummy as the
sock puppet that will pervert the proceedings of justice' Grandpa as a State
Senator.
> #1 can keep them in the game for the home desktop. Don't bet your
> business on the rest.
>
> TimJowers
Best wishes,
Roy
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