__/ [ Ramon F Herrera ] on Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:42 \__
> On Mar 21, 5:17 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> CompUSA Closings and Microsoft
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Over the weekend, I visited my local CompUSA, looking for a mouse. The
>> | store had dismantled its Office 2007 and Windows Vista displays and
>> | filled the space with discounted items for quick sale. The shuttering of
>> | this store--and many others--can't be good for Microsoft.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | "Microsoft used CompUSA to try and drive things into the small
>> | business market," Baker said. "But they saw this coming, like
>> | everybody did. That's why you saw Microsoft in deals with Best
>> | Buy for small businesses.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/channel/compusa_closings_and_m...http://tinyurl.com/2usnyg
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> Survey: Vista Used Less than 1 percent of PCs
>>
>> ,----[ Quot
>> | Windows Vista may yet prove to be an unstoppable juggernaut,
>> | but statistics released Thursday by a market research firm
>> | show that the new operating system hasn't even licked its
>> | nine-year old ancestor.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129525/article.html
>
> Just a comment...
>
> CompUSA is owned by the man who became the second richest man in the
> world, now that Warren Buffet gave his money to the Gates Foundation.
I believe it was you who initiated the discussion that revolved around the
Foundation and what it /really/ does (among other things). I don't believe
in altruism from the Foundation. And I still see Gates lobbying for
Microsoft with the 'philanthropy' disguise (yesterday it was Colombia where
he got Microsoft contracts, shutting Linux out while saying it was a trip
with a good cause... ending the para-military motion and all that malarkey).
Anyhoo..
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