U.S. Brands Rule Britannia
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| From Rolls-Royce to the Ritz, from Burberry to the BBC, brands from Britain
| are held in the highest regard by all. That is, by everyone except the
| British. A survey has revealed that thousands of consumers in the U.K.
| prefer American brands like Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Google to Guinness,
| Cadbury and British Airways.
|
| [...]
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| The top three brands were all American: Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Google.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/26/superbrands-microsoft-google-face-cx_ll_0712autofacescan03.html?partner=yahootix
The British Library, National Archives, MS-BBC. There's clearly some nepotism
going on and people are unaware of the truth.
Here is one man's new story:
http://fuckallbloggers.com/2007/07/18/technical-difficulties/
"It really sucks that Microsoft is forcing me to upgrade to Vista. Even going
as far as artificially limiting DirectX 10 to Vista-only. "
Watch the images at the top.
Related:
UK lags in open source adoption
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| The UK is behind the US and much of Europe in taking up open source
| technologies, according to a massive survey by Alfresco.
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/servers/news/120789/uk-lags-in-open-source-adoption.html
Beeb slammed for 'fawning' to Bill Gates
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| BBC viewers have flooded the corporation with complaints over how it
| covered the launch of Microsoft Vista earlier this week.
|
| In one cringingly servile interview worthy of Uriah Heep, the
| Beeb's news presenter Hugh Edwards even thanked Gates at the
| end of it, presumably in appreciation at being allowed to give
| the Vole vast coverage for free.
|
| In other TV news items presenters excitedly explained how Vistac
| ould be obtained and installed - details courtesy of the BBC's
| website.
|
| But British viewers, currently forced to pay a £131.50 licence
| fee to maintain the BBC's "impartiality", were less than impressed.
|
| Scores got in touch to complain that so much was Auntie up Bill's
| bum that you could barely see her corset.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37411
Brits! Act now to save the BBC from Microsoft
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| The BBC are holding an open consultation regarding how they're
| going to delivery on-demand content, they want answers to
| questions like: "How important is it that the proposed seven-day
| catch-up service over the internet is available to consumers who
| are not using Microsoft software?"
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/31/brits_act_now_to_sav.html
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