Samsung does the new Microsoft well too. It has been interesting to see the 
apple haters switch to Google and Samsung. The whole rats jumping from a 
sinking ship routine. —
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:31 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Try, try Microsoft, try...
> The day before Apple's announcement I went to the Apple store, but first 
> stopped by Starbucks for some java.  Walking to Apple you pass the large 
> Microsoft double display, very large....there were two employees and two 
> patrons...that's it.    Got to the Apple store and it was elbow room as 
> always....Each time I observe the traffic at the two offerings, it's always 
> the same.....and this was the day BEFORE any idea of what was coming.  
> John
> On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> From Slashdot:
>> 
>> Prior to the season, Microsoft and the NFL struck a 5-year, $400 million 
>> deal with one of the major components being that the Microsoft Surface would 
>> become "the official tablet of the NFL," with coaches and players using the 
>> Surface on the sidelines during games. But Microsoft and the league ran into 
>> a problem during week one of the season when television announcers 
>> mistakenly referred to the tablets as iPads, giving a huge rival some 
>> unexpected exposure. The biggest blunder for the league came during the 
>> nationally televised Monday Night Football game when ESPN's Trent Dilfer 
>> joked about how long it took Cardinals assistant head coach Tom Moore to 
>> "learn how to use the iPad to scroll through the pictures." In a separate 
>> incident, Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints was spotted by Fox 
>> commentator John Lynch using a Surface on the sideline. Lynch remarked that 
>> Brees was "not watching movies on his iPad."
>> 
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