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____/ Homer on Monday 15 Mar 2010 21:42 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
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> [...]
>> | First a bit of history. Back in 2006 I was
>> | editor-in-chief of PC Magazine. Vista was
>> | coming out and we were pretty darn
>> | laudatory. Microsoft provided us with new
>> | hardware, we tested beta versions of Vista,
>> | and we loved it. Shortly after it shipped,
>> | alas, the Wow was less Now than Ow. Vista
>> | sucked upon release to the world for a wide
>> | range of reasons â not least because the
>> | networking and audio driver models were
>> | completely rebuilt in the six months prior
>> | to release. That led to driver problems,
>> | along with general instability. When I left
>> | PC Magazine in 2007, my parting column was
>> | a bit of an apology â weâd been too easy on
>> | what turned out to be one of Microsoftâs
>> | more uneven efforts.
>> |
>> | Itâs easy to get snowed. Microsoft provides
>> | its favored reviewers a steady stream of
>> | highlights, new versions, and new features
>> | â along with brand new hardware to run the
>> | new builds upon. A team of technical
>> | marketers inside the borg stand at the
>> | ready â helping the anointed work through,
>> | and around, any problems that develop
>> | during testing.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | Weâve seen this story before. Vista was
>> | overhyped when it came out by everyone from
>> | PC Magazine to the Wall Street Journal. And
>> | now Windows 7 is getting the same treatment.
>> `----
>>
>> http://louderback.com/2009/windows-7-its-vista-all-over-again/
>
> Well there you have it, straight from the horse's mouth: Reviews of
> Microsoft products in "PC" magazines are nothing but paid advertising,
> deceptively presented as impartial reviews.
Two words: perception management.
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