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Re: [Rival] Signs of Weakness in Vista: Microsoft Does Clearance Sale

* Rex Ballard fired off this tart reply:

> The crazy thing is that even though chip makers are freaking over low
> chip volumes, PC makers are undewhelmed by the demand for Vista, and
> have had to deeply discount even laptops to levels even lower than
> prices at which XP machines were sold a year ago.  And yet Microsoft
> is claiming 40% increases in volumes, revenues, and profts, most of
> which were financed by Microsoft's interest-free flooring plans.

Rex, is anyone writing a book about this stuff?  I know it all can't be
true (can it?), but if even 1/8th of it has a factual basis, this would be a
fascinating exposé on the desktop computing industry.

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GNU/Linux rox, Tux!

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