On 2009-04-20, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Microsoft Expected To Post Sharp Drop In 3Q Profit Thu
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090417-714101.html
>
> Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft's (MSFT) quarterly results are generally
> expected to have been undercut by growing demand for cheaper computers
> with relatively low-cost software.
>
> Thus explaining the hyping of the "96% of netbooks sold with Windows XP [1]"
> headlines that Microsoft had to forcefeed onto the Web, and which the trolls
> here, including at least one self-vaunted "Linux advocate", glommed onto
> like maggots on meat.
>
> [1] In "brick-and-mortar" stores only, in the U.S. only.
For a few days only.
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