____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 16 January 2008 08:36 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Jerry McBride on Friday 11 January 2008 02:20 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Microsoft Looks Within to Design and Test Chips
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | For more than two decades, Microsoft's software and
>>>> | Intel's processors were so wedded that the pairingc
>>>> | ame to be known as Wintel. But as that computing era
>>>> | wanes, Microsoft is turning to a new source of chip
>>>> | design: its own labs.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/technology/19soft.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
>>> http://tinyurl.com/ydtq7k
>>>
>>> Can you imagine the trash they would design, make and sell?? That is a WOW
>>> factor...
>>
>> Yesterday:
>>
>> Gates grumbles about Vista
>>
>> "The implication is fairly obvious. Bill thinks that Vista could have had
>> more polish when it hit the shops."
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/10/gates-unhappy-vista
>>
>> Imagine 'lack of polish' on a motherboard. Oops... that was a 1, not a 0.
>> Never mind, just reboot again and the problem will go away. Failing
>> that, 'reinstall' the ROM.
>>
>
> This very much demonstrates why Microsoft are in such trouble. They are
> unable to identify their real problems, still relying on the idea that
> if you make it shiny enough, people will be fooled. Unfortunately,
> Linux-based systems along with Macs are so much better than Windows that
> even the best funded marketing campaign is not sufficient to continue
> the big lie.
Well, what can one say? Ask Bill instead...
Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?
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| We asked a simple question: what Microsoft product could have used a little
| more polish before release? The answer astounded us. We would just like to
| thank Bill Gates for his honesty and his openness.
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http://gizmodo.com/342920/holy-crap-did-bill-gates-just-say-windows-sucks
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