____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 03 October 2007 03:09 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that chrisv spake thusly:
>
>> Interesting quote from the above article:
>>
>> "Ahead of Vista's release, the software maker said that it expected
>> businesses to adopt the new operating system at twice the rate of XP
>> during its first year on the market. "
>>
>> Could that be anything but a bold LIE on Micro$oft's part?
>
> "Expect" is business-speak for "hope". In the world of business, one
> cannot say "hope", since it undermines confidence and causes the stock
> to dive. Don't think of it as lying, think of it as perverting the truth
> for money.
>
>> Isn't that illegal?
>
> Not only is it legal, it's corporate policy.
As in "Novell business is up thanks to Microsoft".
News just in, but it's a rumour:
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/10/02/novell-layoffs-rumor/
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