____/ chrisv on Tuesday 02 October 2007 19:45 : \____
> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
>>Subject corrected. See
>>
>>http://www.news.com/Running-the-numbers-on-Vista/2100-1016_3-6207375.html
>>
>>:-)
>
> 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? I mean,
> HOW could they expect that, when they knew damn well that Vista was a
> "bigger change" from XP than what XP was from 2k.
>
> Drivers changed, hardware stopped working, software stopped working,
> significantly more computing power and memory are required.
>
> There's *no way* that they could have honestly believed what they told
> the market. Isn't that illegal?
Novell has gotten away with marketing lies recently and Dana Blankenhorn
suggested that these were possibly "white lies". That's why we need to discuss
this and point out scummy statements.
--
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