>Tom's rule #1: when you're called on it, change the topic and find some >*other* reason to slam MS.
You can't even unravel a sarcastic remark on your own and when faced with a patient explanation you close your eyes and ears and hum "no, no, no." How about this from the current Newsweek? An insightful review of the MS problem. I guess you will now insist that Newsweek is a Mac fanzine. http://www.newsweek.com/id/160064 "Hiring a TV star from the 1990s to fix Vista's reputation only adds to the impression that Microsoft is in a time warp." "If that's true, and nobody at Microsoft thinks Vista has been a public-relations nightmare, then the company is in trouble." "Apple users tend to be the kind of people marketers refer to as "influencers" or "tech elites," the in-the-know folks who adopt the coolest new technology and set trends." "Remember how AOL used to be cool, but then became the service used only by people who didn't know any better? Microsoft is heading down that path." "You fly business class today, and it's nothing but Macs," says one former Microsoft executive, who's now carrying a Mac himself, albeit with Vista loaded on it." "Yet another challenge for Microsoft comes from PC makers themselves, who are sending mixed messages about Vista." "HP insists it is committed to Vista, but also touts the fact that its engineers have created little Linux-based software modules so that HP customers can perform basic tasks, like checking e-mail and playing DVDs, without booting Vista at all. HP calls this "innovating on top of Vista," though "sidestepping" might be a more accurate description." ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
