____/ Linonut on Friday 14 December 2007 01:16 : \____
> * nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx fired off this tart reply:
>
>> Just within this year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer proclaimed in
>> January that his Zune music player had grabbed 20 to 25% of the market
>> within a few months of being on sale, despite knowing that the company
>> hadn't sold any significant amount. The Soviet looking player got
>> shipped to 30,000 stores, but nobody bought any until the price was
>> dropped in a fire sale clearance sale ten months later. Microsoft then
>> tried to stoke the story that its bargain bin sales were indicative of
>> high demand for its Zune products.
>
> Microsoft -- Making lemonade from lemons
By that sort of definition, CompUSA sees its sales soaring. Hurry up! Maybe the
business will be saved. Oh wait! It's clearance sale. Bankruptcy?
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