Hi all, I sent the email below to some old work mates yesterday but I thought you might like the chance to offer your condolences too ;-)
Cheers, Stephen Hi all, A moment's silence please as MS announces the death of the iPhone and others: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/09/10/microsoft_employees_hold_funeral_parade_for_iphone_blackberry.html After a suitable dignified moment to pay our respects, let us just pause a moment to remember those others who we may, or will, see no more: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/28/axe_the_zune/ It's been improved a lot since then, but you can't buy it in the UK and I've never even seen one. Ah well. Will we ever have the chance? .. and also sadly, this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/30/microsoft_kills_kin_phone/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10473655 ... and then this http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/3/7/more-details-microsoft-courier-ipad-killer-emerge/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/7400461/Microsofts-Courier-device-will-be-a-digital-journal.html which of course was followed quickly by this ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/30/microsoft_kills_courier http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/news/2010/04/30/Tablets-Crushed--HP-Kills-Slate--Microsoft-Cancels-Courier/p1 http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2267371/ballmer-confirms-microsoft (and what goes through Ballmer's brain when he says "Laptops are well designed for a lot of things. I notice they are all light. In fact, if you look around this room, they all weigh zero pounds because they're just sitting on the table." His knowledge of physics seems on a par with his marketing assessments! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/03/ballmer_ozzie_d8/ However, with the benefit of the doubt, "Maybe this time" as Liza sang all those years ago. Cheers, Stephen "You've got to put in prison those who deserve to be there" - Tony Blair, 6 September 2010. We've reserved your place ... :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
