____/ ray on Thursday 28 February 2008 17:38 : \____
> Judging by the increasing traffic in FUD - the wintrolls must REALLY be
> scared to death!!
People whom I speak to say that Microsoft is very scared at the moment because
its product line is terrible, it struggles to look ahead (Windows 7
development has APPARENTLY NOT BEGUN YET!!!) and the key staff quietly
left/leaves the company. Only Mary Jo Foley manages to spot the departures of
some _VICE PRESIDENTS_, sometimes a month late (she misses plenty, for sure).
On top of it, for a fact, Microsoft has financial difficulties. It uses savings
it has gathered to hide this and points only to a couple of profitable
products in order to deceive. Watch the resume of the new CFO. Hmmmmmmmm.....
Lastly, in case you think that 500,000,000 people pay Microsoft for Office and
Windows, think again. In most of the world, Microsoft must allow people to use
Office and Windows for free, or else there would be a mass defection.
Microsoft only makes money in affluent countries and businesses and just a few
products can bring revenue, whilst the price gets adjusted to remain
competitive (Linux makes this very, very hard).
Microsoft main development at the moment (consistently reported by Microsoft
watchers like Foley, Wilcox and Fried) seems to be software patents. If
Microsoft cannot sell, it wishes to mooch off of someone else's success.
If the trolls flood this group, it is a good sign. It means we are on the right
topic and it also confirms that Linux is a huge problem for Microsoft. Go
ahead and watch how many Windows trolls occupy Apple/Mac group. Not many, eh?
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~~ Best of wishes
A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows.
~Linus Torvalds
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