In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Dodel
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wrote
on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:21:20 -0500
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> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:48:38 UTC, Sinister Midget
> <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> -> On 2008-07-25, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> -> >
> -> > Zune absent from Microsoft exec's speech
> -> >
> -> > ,----[ Quote ]
> -> >| Zune? It appeared on one slide, but Bach never mentioned it.
> -> > `----
> -> >
> -> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-9998722-27.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
> -> >
> -> > "Microsoft should donate all their Zunes to the 3rd world or to those who
> -> > cannot afford an ipod."
> ->
> -> What do they have against poor people and the third world?
> ->
> -> As for the title, MICROS~1 /should/ be embarrassed about the Zune. And
> -> the Origami. And the Xbox. And Winders, particularly ME and its
> -> brother Vista. And the dozens of vapor products over the years.
> ->
> -> Are they embarrassed? Of course not. But that's easy to pull off when
> -> one has no soul and no guiding principels.
>
> What about BoB? There was a cutting edge innovative product to be
> proud of!
>
> Mark
>
Cutting edge? BoB should have been shot, not knifed. :-P
To its credit, they did bathe the puppy dog; he looked
a little mangy in his original incarnation -- see, for
instance, the Welcome screen with the red door.
http://www.bentuser.com/article.aspx?ID=327&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
Now compare with the rather cuter puppy with a speech bubble;
not only did he get a shampoo but they rounded him out, too:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/crawford_september03.mspx
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