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____/ Homer on Wednesday 02 July 2008 04:35 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law.
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "What the hell is wrong with this computer? I thought you said a
>> | Lenovo ThinkPad was a nice machine when you had me buy it only a
>> | few months ago."
>> |
>> | "It is a nice machine, Mom, it's the same kind I have. It's just
>> | that you happen to be using Windows Vista, which is a piece of
>> | crap."
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9204
>
> It occurs to me that a lot of OEMs must be royally pissed off that their
> reputations are suffering (albeit through mis-attribution) because of
> Vista, given that the PeeCee-using masses can't distinguish between the
> OS and the hardware it runs on.
>
> Maybe they should consider an alternative.
>
> Oh wait...
People recognise their computer as "a computer", a box. What comes with it
(Windows) is assumed to be "that thing which runs on the computer". If it
refuses to work, as in the case of Vista, they blame the OEM. That's why Dell
insists on making XP available and visible and along with other OEMs it began
selling GNU/Linux.
Microsoft is having a rough time at the moment *and* it struggles to hide this.
I can't wait until the quarterly report (coming soon). We'll see them
stretching and cooking the books again.
Remember that Microsoft bought some large companies and their employees, so
what you don't want to look at is bottom-line revenue (the cash reserves were
spent to acquire some). Watch the sales of Windows and Office, which are the
only /relevant/ products that are actually profitable. My guess is that there
will be a double-digit drop just like in the previous quarter. Microsoft and
its Munchkins will try to use revenue as a distraction (it's a bit like stock
price amid aggressive buybacks) and blame 'piracy' for the drop in sales.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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