On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:13:11 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> ____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Friday 13 February 2009 14:49 : \____
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> http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/13/microsoft-to-open-new-retail-stores-like-apple/
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>> Haven't read it yet, but the picture cracked me up with laughter: A Circuit
>> City store with the Windows logo on it and a quickly-applied name "Microsoft
>> Store".
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>> You load sixteen tons, what do you get
>> Another day older and deeper in debt
>> Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
>> I owe my soul to the company store
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> This confirms that Microsoft's business model is dying.
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> It's a good thing they didn't go into banking as some people suggested in 2007.
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> http://www.cringely.com/2009/02/wall-street-cant-count/
And it's a good thing you don't read the articles you quote.
The point of that article is that the chart is wildly inaccurate, and that
banking isn't anywhere near as bad as the chart would have you believe.
But since you didn't actually read it, and only looked at the chart, you
wouldn't know that.
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