After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
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> Microsoft exec: Mac users face hidden costs
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>| Essentially, Brooks argues that those who buy a Mac pay an "Apple tax" -- an
>| application tax (because Apples don't run applications, like Outlook, for
>| instance), a technology tax (no Blu-Ray offerings on Macs, for instance) and
>| a choice tax (a limited selection of colors, for instance).
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> http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/151394.asp?source=rss
He's talking about Macs, not Linux.
If you want to watch a guy really weasel out of answering questions,
read the original interview:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10064580-75.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=BeyondBinary
Some of the comments are interesting, too.
> Microsoft: It's a scary world out there without us
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>| Reading through Ina Fried's excellent interview with Microsoft's Brad Brooks,
>| I can't help but wonder how Microsoft cornered the market on chutzpah.
>| Microsoft has become so dominant in markets like the desktop that its best
>| argument for consumers and enterprises avoiding the Mac and open source
>| is, "But it will cost you so much money to leave Windows."
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10065296-16.html
You left out:
Now there's a ringing endorsement. Brooks doesn't argue that his
product is better. He doesn't argue that Windows is competitive with
the Mac. He argues, rather, that consumers are fools for not
understanding just how scary and expensive it will be for them to
leave Windows behind:
There really is a tax around there for people that are evaluating
their choices going into this holiday season and going forward.
There's a choice tax that we talked about, which is, hey, you want
to buy a machine that's other than black, white, or silver, and if
you want to get it in multiple different configurations or price
points, you're going to be paying a tax if you go the Apple way.
Talk about your reverse!
There is a cost to choice, but there's also tremendous upside. It's
called a free market, and costs inevitably fall in truly free
markets.
Perhaps that's what frightens Brooks.
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