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Re: Microsoft layoffs: Netbooks sales are killing us

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____/ Paul Hovnanian P.E. on Friday 23 January 2009 04:57 : \____

> 
> 
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>> ____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Thursday 22 January 2009 23:56 : \____
>> 
>> >
>> >
>> > <Quote>
>> > Overlooked in the Microsoft announcement about its layoffs of 5,000
>> > people over the next 18 months is this startling revelation: The
>> > company's revenue decline is due, in large part, to the growth in the
>> > sales of netbooks...
>> >
>> > While overall growth was 2%, Microsoft took a big hit with its client
>> > software, and a big reason for that was netbooks.  [Microsoft
>> > admits...]
>> >
>> > That's an astonishing admission. It means that people are forgoing
>> > higher-priced laptops, and instead buying netbooks --- and many of
>> > those netbooks are powered by Linux. So Microsoft loses out not only
>> > on sales of Windows, but also sales of Microsoft Office as well.
>> > Estimates are that 30% of all netbooks ship with Linux.
>> >
>> > This is all the more reason why Microsoft needs to ship Windows 7
>> > quickly, and will most certainly do it before the announced 2010 ship
>> > date. Windows 7 has been designed to work with netbooks, and Microsoft
>> > hopes it will be a Linux-killer.
>> >
>> > [Prillo thinks 7 will help defeat Linux.]
>> > </Quote>
>> >
>> >
>>
http://blogs.computerworld.com/microsoft_layoffs_netbooks_sales_are_killing_us
>> 
>> s/Prillo thinks/Pirillo hopes/
>> 
>> He's a Microsoft MVP. Without Microsoft, he'll be unemployed and lonely.
> 
> So then he should show up in this newsgroup soon, joining the rest of
> the Microsoft shills.

No-one would pay him though (notice the decline in the level of trolling since
the layoffs announcement).

How long before Waggener Edstrom and other pet AstroTurf feeders announce
massive layoffs. They probably already have. They had almost 1000 liars on
staff (largest PR firm).


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