Jim Cramer's Wall Street Confidential Picks, 8/6/07
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| Ultimately, Cramer thinks Microsoft simply has too much hubris, and it feels
| it's better at everything than anyone. Maybe it was at one time. But that's a
| terrible amount of hubris to run a company with.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070907/46662_id.html?.v=1
Yesterday:
TheStreet.com TV Recap: Sifting Through Microsoft Rumor Mill
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| Cramer said Microsoft is "so IBM in 1988, it's frightening ... they think
| they're a nimble growth company."
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/funds/realmoneyradiowrap/10378276.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&&cm_cat=FREE&&cm_ite=NA
http://tinyurl.com/2wb94k
Related:
Microsoft's Jeff Bell Calls Out Message Board Poster
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| he poster was especially critical of Bell during the press conference,
| which Bell didn't take kindly to, as his private message read:
|
| "And your contribution to society is...what?"
|
| Wait, wait, wait. It's one thing to insinuate a high-ranking Microsoft
| executive has effectively called you out, but the connections grew as more
| people started watching the train wreck.
|
| [...]
|
| We're still waiting on a response from Microsoft, but between Peter Moore
| leaving for EA Sports and a top-ranking executive taking message board taunts
| to heart, it's been an interesting week for the company.
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161391
Microsoft : Arrogance leads to Vulnerability
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| Chatting with the Microsoft senior sales people, I was struck by
| their incredible arrogance. They know the company?s products are good,
| but they have no qualms whatsoever about charging top dollar as a
| result.
|
| It reminds us how Microsoft used to behave when it comes to their
| products' security records. IE5 and 6 were nothing short of being
| proper Swiss Cheese with loads of holes in them but hey, they had 95%
| of the browser market at that time and couldn't care less.
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=514
Microsoft says some way to go on software piracy
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| Microsoft on Friday said it may take decades to tackle software piracy in
| large emerging economies, despite some recent progress, and called on Asian
| governments to invest more in policing the practice.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6206677.html
Partners to Microsoft: Don't Make Us Licensing Police
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| Microsoft licensing has numerous wrinkles and is notoriously complex, which
| means it's easy for users to violate the terms, says Scott Braden, senior
| Microsoft analyst at Miro Consulting, Fords, N.J.
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http://www.crn.com/software/201802783
Microsoft becoming 'software police,' say users
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| Microsoft Corp. last week slammed the door on a free utility out of Australia
| that outflanked one of the company's touted security features in Windows
| Vista, by having the program's digital certificate revoked.
|
| Users took Microsoft to task for the move, noting the slippery slope the
| company was walking on, with some blasting the vendor for playing "software
| police."
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029161
INSECURITY WARNING -- Windows Vista and W2K3 Server Do Not Support SNMP v3
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| Some computers may get compromised, unfortunately, because Microsoft
| has chosen to go this route.
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http://www.libervis.com/topic/insecurity_warning_windows_vista_and_w2k3_server_do_not_support_snmp_v3
Funny Thing - M$
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| Last night Joe and I got in this huge discussion, and I was cursing out
| Microsoft. It’s been rough the past couple of days and M$ has not been making
| my life very easy. Every time I turn around I have to ghetto-fy my web sites
| to make them work in IE…
|
| See… There are these things called Web Standards which were put into place to
| make web designer’s lives easier. As in, if they script to web standards,
| then all standards compliant browsers will show the site exactly correct.
| Well, I always script to web standards. The PROBLEM is that Microsoft decides
| that they are just going to do things THEIR way...
|
| [...]
|
| Besides the fact that all of the Microsoft employees I have ever encountered
| must have been brainwashed. I don’t know where they dig these people up.
|
| [...]
|
| And if they AREN’T brainwashing them, then they are just hiring incompetant,
| pompous dumbasses. And if either is the case, why should anyone support their
| company?
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http://www.camp-site.org/blog/?p=21
Microsoft Is Sheer Arrogant Claim Xbox 360 Customers
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| "Sheer arrogance from MS and they have lost what was once a loyal customer,
| I will never purchase another MS product again!! As a consumer I expect
| and Demand to be treated better than that or simply put I will take my
| business elsewhere!"
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http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Console/J2Q7C5X9
How Microsoft Refused to Speak With Me About Windows Error Reporting
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| Have you ever wondered what really happens to those Windows error reports you
| can send to Microsoft whenever a Windows app crashes? How many reports it
| must receive before taking action? Or whether it's worth your time and effort
| to send duplicate reports if the error occurs repeatedly? I did, and I
| asked Microsoft. Unfortunately, after a week and a handful of assurances that
| they were working on responses, the software giant refused to speak with me.
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http://advice.cio.com/al_sacco/how_microsoft_refused_to_speak_with_me_about_windows_error_reporting_wer
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