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Re: Vista is the Last Nail In Microsoft's Coffin

  • Subject: Re: Vista is the Last Nail In Microsoft's Coffin
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:44:00 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Netscape
  • References: <13bfd2714ed1ffea29bc9313226561f8@pboxmix.winstonsmith.info> <MPG.2073709ece91d93398973f@news.lafn.org>
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__/ [ flyer ] on Wednesday 28 March 2007 03:19 \__

> In article <13bfd2714ed1ffea29bc9313226561f8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> nonscrivetemi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> 
>> You're not crying victory now, are you Billy Goat boy? Vista sales are
>> deeply disappointing and Microsoft's marketing machine is in complete
>> disarray. I'm amazed at how fast the DRM rumour (which I helped spread) is
>> spreading amongst consumers everywhere. The dislike it, despise it, hate
>> it and are voting with their feet. The Microsoft bet to side with the
>> content providers has turned out to be their downfall. And Office 2007 is
>> a freaking nightmare, it's user interface is completely alien to most
>> Office users, many of which have sworn never to upgrade to it. Some people
>> even told me that they simply could not find certain features present in
>> earlier versions of Office.
>> 
>> NOW is the time for some large computer manufacturer to announce Linux for
>> the desktop/laptop PC. Pick a Linux flavor, any flavor, but stick it onto
>> a PC and sell them like hotcakes!! NOW is the time for some Western nation
>> to announce it's switching completely to Linux and break the Microsoft
>> chains!
>> 
>> DIE MICROSOFT!! DIE!! DEATH TO THE EVIL EMPIRE!!!
> 
> Eeeeeeeexcelent!

Is it the Mr. Burns type of "excellent"?

> And the Great news is that there is Linux patiently waiting to pick up
> the MS broken pieces.

Some people would like you to believe that the world cannot sustain itself
without Microsoft.

2007: a world without Microsoft?

,----[ Quote ]
| The disappearance of Microsoft and Windows would leave a massive
| vacuum in the computing industry - who would be able to take 
| advantage and slip into the gap? Who would benefit the most?
| 
| [...]
| 
| Linux is already offering alternatives to Microsoft, and would
| easily rush into the gap.
`----

http://apcmag.com/4891/a_world_without_microsoft

-- 
                ~~ Best wishes 

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