Ed Leafe wrote:
> I don't know how many of you remember the Power Rangers TV show and
> toys that were big in the early 90s, but they were developed by a toy
> company, and part of the plan was to regularly replace the characters
> with newer ones with cooler powers so that kids would have to keep
> buying the toys year after year. As a parent with a kid who fell for
> this, I resented the blatant manipulation of this toy company. We did
> succumb to one cycle of replacing, but after reading about how the
> company worked, I decided that I wouldn't buy their stuff anymore, no
> matter how much the kid shrieked.
>
> That's the way I feel about Microsoft. They only care about making
> us learn new stuff for the sake of forcing us (and our clients) to
> keep buying the "new" solution. Our eyes are wide open, so you can
> either choose to play along with them, or you can refuse to be
> further manipulated by their marketing department.
>
>
Well spoken Ed.
> Your choice.
>
Words to live by.
> -- Ed Leafe
> -- http://leafe.com
> -- http://dabodev.com
>
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