On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:04:49 -0600, Linonut wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 15:00 \__
>>
>>> One parting comment is that this reminds me of the Windows vs VisiOn
>>> issue. This analogy isn't perfect, but the situation was we ("we" is
>>> to ne taken lightly - I sure wasn't here) preannounced Windows, signed
>>> up the major OEMs ans showed a demo to freeze the market and prevent
>>> VisiOn from getting any momentum. It sure worked - VisiOn died, VisiOn
>>> died and Dos kept on chugging.
>>>
>>> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_0052.pdf
>>
>> So was Vista preannounced as well? Was the 'terrible delay' just a part
>> of an act? 2003... then 2004... then 2005... some time in 2006... make
>> that XMas 2006... oh, well, it's January 2007... and it's still as
>> buggy as Hell (or Dell). If they hadn't 'frozen the market' as he calls
>> it, how many people would have switched back in 2001/2? Are customers
>> being fooled as part of these 'business decisions'?
>
> Hey, Microsoft deserves some kudos for being able to keep vaporware
> afloat for over 4 years!
>
Lord knows they can't deliver real products in that time.
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