____/ [H]omer on Monday 21 January 2008 15:36 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Windows 7 moved up to late 2009?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Reasoning for the stepped up schedule is uncertain but may be an
>> | attempt to counter a perceived lukewarm reception to Windows Vista
>
> "Perceived"?
>
> I don't think Dixons and other retailers merely "perceived" losing all
> that money on poor Vista sales. I don't think the huge backlash against
> Vista in the tech. journal sites, and Blogosphere, is just "perceived"
> either. Nor was Dell capitulating to their customers' demands to
> reinstate an XP option, and offer a GNU/Linux system.
>
> "Perceived"! LOL!
>
> Yeah, OK.
Just ask Gates (very recent, amid his escape from Windows and re-entrance into
the business of lobbying, money loaning and general fraud... remember how he
blackmailed Denmark for example):
Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?
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| We asked a simple question: what Microsoft product could have used a little
| more polish before release? The answer astounded us. We would just like to
| thank Bill Gates for his honesty and his openness.
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http://gizmodo.com/342920/holy-crap-did-bill-gates-just-say-windows-sucks
Figures from Rex (Vista sales):
Days Millions Average/day Rate/Day
30 20 670k 670k
100 40 400k 290k
180 60 330k 250k
300 88 290k 230k
375 100 270k 160k
Vista's 100m sales mark said to hide disappointing results
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| Although Microsoft's opening keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show outed
| record-setting Windows Vista sales figures, supplemental information suggests
| the software's debut may have been underwhelming in a larger context.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/08/vistas_100m_sales_mark_said_to_hide_disappointing_results.html
http://tinyurl.com/3963ex
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