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Let's stop playing the numbers game: free software has changed the game.
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| The problem with my argument above is that the other lot keep comparing in
| the terms of their numbers game and those are terms the end-users is familiar
| with. So how do we combat that? For a start we can argue on our terms, within
| the new game. We can also demonstrate the effectiveness, not the popularity
| of our products. Finally we can do all we can to highlight the fact that the
| game has changed and that the numbers game is going to be one that smart
| people no longer play.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columnts/lets_stop_playing_numbers_game_free_software_has_changed_game
http://tinyurl.com/6ds8k9
Yesterday:
VMware, Microsoft or Citrix -- who's winning the app virtualization war?
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| "Saying you've sold 6.5 million MDOP licenses is like claiming 40% of
| consumers are using Vista today," he said.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9095438&source=rss_news50
Recent:
Windows Vista: Sold but not deployed
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| Microsoft says it remains happy with enterprise sales of Vista -- however,
| the software behemoth acknowledges that many businesses which have bought
| Vista licences are yet to deploy the software.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Windows-Vista-Sold-but-not-deployed/0,130061733,339284495,00.htm
Related:
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
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| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
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| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
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