__/ [ p5000011@xxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 05 April 2007 03:15 \__
> On Apr 5, 3:08 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> UK advertising authority nixes Xbox 360 spot
>>
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>> | The UK's Advertising Standards Authority, an industry self-policing
>> | group, has ruled that an ad for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is out of
>> | bounds and can't be aired there again.
>> `----
>
> What about when a Microsoft ad was banned because they were comparing
> the TCO of an Intel based cluster running Windows to an IBM z-series
> mainframe with one CPU! Microsoft will use any means to make their SW
> look better than alternatives. The ad was banned in the UK but not the
> USA if I remember correctly. It just shows how desperate they are
>
> Thankfully with Vista people are realising what a joke Microsoft are.
> The XP upgrade will be offered by OEM's real soon now.
Think about the timing of Dell's out-of-the-blue statement that it will offer
Linux preinstalled on desktop and laptops. Without any customer polls, H-P
followed suit and it is currently evaluating its options, according to
Bernard Golden. The OEMs seek alternative routes---an exit strategy.
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