Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
MS is planting stories that Windows has driven Linux out of the netbook market. According to these stories the return rate on Linux-based netbooks has been so huge that retailers have stopped carrying Linux in favor of the far superior offering from Microsoft. MS now claims a 90% market share and should hit 125% by the Fall. Planting? I assume you have some evidence that the information is inaccurate. Please share. That 125% bit, that's not a sarcastic cheap shot, is it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
MS is planting stories that Windows has driven Linux out of the netbook market. According to these stories the return rate on Linux-based netbooks has been so huge that retailers have stopped carrying Linux in favor of the far superior offering from Microsoft. MS now claims a 90% market share and should hit 125% by the Fall. http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+Dominates+Netbook+OS+Market/article14782.h tm * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.comwrote: MS is planting stories that Windows has driven Linux out of the netbook market. According to these stories the return rate on Linux-based netbooks has been so huge that retailers have stopped carrying Linux in favor of the far superior offering from Microsoft. MS now claims a 90% market share and should hit 125% by the Fall. Planting? I assume you have some evidence that the information is inaccurate. Please share. That 125% bit, that's not a sarcastic cheap shot, is it? I just got the picture of Gates and Balmer buying hundreds of Linux machines and returning them. This is the sort of the reverse of how L Ron Hubbard's NYTimes best seller list numbers got run up by the true believers buying the books and returning them to the warehouse where they would go back to the stores with the original sales stickers on them. They got caught out when Daltons got some Walden Book stickers on their books. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
MS is planting stories that Windows has driven Linux out of the netbook market. According to these stories the return rate on Linux-based netbooks has been so huge that retailers have stopped carrying Linux in favor of the far superior offering from Microsoft. MS now claims a 90% market share and should hit 125% by the Fall. http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+Dominates+Netbook+OS+Market/article14782.h tm The first 2 words of the article: Microsoft says... Funny, you'd expect a planted article to try and hide that fact a bit more than it did. Gosh, do you think it might be an independent article based soley on a MS blog? In the bad old days, we used to call this diabolical device a press release. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
That 125% bit, that's not a sarcastic cheap shot, is it? Do you have any facts or insights to provide, or just more carping? Um, isn't that what I asked you? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
That 125% bit, that's not a sarcastic cheap shot, is it? Do you have any facts or insights to provide, or just more carping? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
The first 2 words of the article: Microsoft says... Funny, you'd expect a planted article to try and hide that fact a bit more than it did. Gosh, do you think it might be an independent article based soley on a MS blog? The report in Dailytech refers to a planted Microsoft story and acknowledges that with the phrase Microsoft says Unfortunately, anything Microsoft says is news. The reporter knows it is bullshit, but nevertheless feels the need to report it. But why are you harping on that? Once again you harp on some peripheral issue because you don't what to address the technology. Are netbooks with Linux so crappy that people immediately recoil in horror and return them in droves? Or is that just MSFUD? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
The report in Dailytech refers to a planted Microsoft story and acknowledges that with the phrase Microsoft says So, MS is not allowed to talk to the press, or what? They can only answer questions and never offer information? Is this new dictum also going to apply to Apple and every other company in the US, or is it just Microsoft? Are netbooks with Linux so crappy that people immediately recoil in horror and return them in droves? The shop owner explained exactly why they get returned. You didn't see it? Unfortunately, anything Microsoft says is news. The reporter knows it is bullshit, ... Unless it isn't. You are accusing MS of lying about the percentage of netbooks shipped with Windows and the shop owner of lying about the percentage of Linux boxes returned. I ask a third time, do you have any contradictory information, or is it just TPFUD? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
So, MS is not allowed to talk to the press, or what? They can only answer questions and never offer information? Is this new dictum also going to apply to Apple and every other company in the US, or is it just Microsoft? Yes, lets stay away from any technical discussions. We don't want to talk about computers here. Lets just focus on the atmospherics. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
The report in Dailytech refers to a planted Microsoft story and acknowledges that with the phrase Microsoft says Unfortunately, anything Microsoft says is news. The reporter knows it is bullshit, but nevertheless feels the need to report it. But why are you harping on that? Isn't this the part where we take off your mask and you blame those meddling kids for ruining your plan? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
So, MS is not allowed to talk to the press, or what? They can only answer questions and never offer information? Is this new dictum also going to apply to Apple and every other company in the US, or is it just Microsoft? Yes, lets stay away from any technical discussions. We don't want to talk about computers here. Lets just focus on the atmospherics. Tom, you brought this up, not me. Then you cropped the part of my message where I asked you to back up what you said. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
Isn't this the part where we take off your mask and you blame those meddling kids for ruining your plan? Lets stay away from any technical discussions. We don't want to talk about computers here. Lets just focus on the atmospherics * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market
Lets stay away from any technical discussions. We don't want to talk about computers here. Lets just focus on the atmospherics Except that you haven't actually talked about anything. It's just been a bizarre collection of rantings and non-sequitors. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
