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____/ Anonymous on Thursday 08 Oct 2009 10:58 : \____
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/07/ballmer_does_europe/
>
> I guess their own research indicates that businesses have no intention
> of upgrading during this recession. This means M$'s only income will be
> from PC's sold to consumers, most of which aren't upgrading either,
> merely replacing old hardware. That means that the market segment where
> it's going to be happening will be the Smartbook / Netbook market,
> where Linux is gaining and Windows is set to tumble due to Vista 7's
> price hikes. Not a bright prospect to look foward to, and Ballmer knows
> this.
>
> It will take another year for the news to sink in that no one will be
> consciously upgrading to Windows 7, but when it does the credibility
> loss for Microsoft will be HUGE!
>
> Me thinks M$ is in a sh*tload of trouble...
Priceless.
This is /NOT/ the first time Microsoft says this (downplays Vista 7 while
the marketing people and shills do the opposite).
/"Microsoft's Ballmer sees Windows 7 effect on PC market muted"/
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5961UX20091007
No profits, either.
GNU/Linux killed Microsoft's profitability.
Here is an opinion on Microsoft describing pseudo backward-compatibility as a
feature (only to those paying for the expensive version of the O/S)
rather than a characteristic:
/"XPM RTM! â XP mode with more than a few things you should consider."/
http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/xpm-rtm-xp-mode-with-more-than-a-few-things-you-should-consider/
Similar to the practice of selling "security" separately as though it is a feature.
Vista 8 vapourware has /already/ begun. Microsoft knows why.
"In the face of strong competition, Evangelism's focus may shift immediately to
the next version of the same technology, however. Indeed, Phase 1 (Evangelism
Starts) for version x+1 may start as soon as this Final Release of version X."
--Microsoft, internal manual
http://boycottnovell.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/comes-3096.pdf
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