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[News] [Rival] MSNBC Mocks Vista, But Shields Buddy Microsoft by Excluding Rivals

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] MSNBC Mocks Vista, But Shields Buddy Microsoft by Excluding Rivals
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:32:44 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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MSNBC: ‘Mojave Experiment’ shows how bad things have gotten for Microsoft

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| "This is how bad things have gotten for Microsoft Corp.: The software 
| behemoth has a virtual monopoly in computer operating systems, and yet it 
| still can’t get people to buy the latest version of its flagship product, 
| Windows," Allison Linn writes for MSNBC.   
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http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18140/

It's a silly article because it says "computer operating systems" and
not "desktop operating system [singular]".

Also from a Mac site:

Online Olympics offerings leave iPhones, some Macs out in the cold

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| Friday’s opening ceremonies not only marked the beginning of the Summer 
| Olympics from Beijing, China—it also marked the start of NBC’s ambitious 
| plans to offer streaming coverage of Olympic events to both computers and 
| mobile devices. NBC, which holds exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the 
| Games, plans to offer live streaming of more than 2,200 hours on its Web site 
| while posting another 3,500 hours of archived video.     
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http://www.macworld.com/article/134935/2008/08/olympics.html

They are using NBC to Screw the competition. They make more resentful people.

NBC Online Olympics Video Player Shuts Out Linux, Some Macs

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/08/nbc_online_vide.html

What Microsoft doing what it does best: FUD.

Microsoft: "The Wii third party game story is not a pretty one"

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/microsoft-the-wii-third-party-game-story-is-not-a-pretty-one

Neither is the story about XBox losing $7 billion over the past 7 years.


Related:

Report: NBC wanted a cut of iPod revenue

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| A source familiar with NBC Universal's negotiations confirmed that the 
| company asked for a slice of iPod revenue but only after Apple refused to 
| budge on variable pricing.  
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9806737-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


If you're shopping, remember the Xbox 360

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| By Ken Smith
| MSNBC contributor
| Updated: 1:21 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2006
| 
| SEATTLE - While you're out looking at video game consoles this
| holiday season, don't forget to check out Microsoft's
| Xbox 360.
| 
| (MSNBC is a joint Microsoft - NBC Universal venture.)
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15757514/
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