On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:59:49 +0100, Alias
<iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
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>[url]http://blogs.computerworld.com/15052/why_windows_7s_success_may_ruin_microsoft[/url]
>
>I've been saying this for years.
>
>Alias[/color]

Proves you've been wrong for years!!

Perry

PerryFeral wrote:[color=blue]
> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:59:49 +0100, Alias
> <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
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>> [url]http://blogs.computerworld.com/15052/why_windows_7s_success_may_ruin_microsoft[/url]
>>
>> I've been saying this for years.
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>
> Proves you've been wrong for years!!
>
> Perry[/color]

The proof is yet to come. The Diamond Match Company didn't think the Bic
lighter was important either.

Alias

"Alias" <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> PerryFeral wrote:[color=green]
>> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:59:49 +0100, Alias
>> <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
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>>> [url]http://blogs.computerworld.com/15052/why_windows_7s_success_may_ruin_microsoft[/url]
>>>
>>> I've been saying this for years.
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>>
>> Proves you've been wrong for years!!
>>
>> Perry[/color]
>
> The proof is yet to come. The Diamond Match Company didn't think the Bic
> lighter was important either.
>
> Alias[/color]

99.9999999% of the world's businesses think that Ubuntu isn't important
along with 99.99999998% of home users.

Live with it

Kevin John SmallBone wrote:[color=blue]
>
>
> "Alias" <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hd92bp$60d$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=green]
>> PerryFeral wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:59:49 +0100, Alias
>>> <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> [url]http://blogs.computerworld.com/15052/why_windows_7s_success_may_ruin_microsoft[/url]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've been saying this for years.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>
>>> Proves you've been wrong for years!!
>>>
>>> Perry[/color]
>>
>> The proof is yet to come. The Diamond Match Company didn't think the
>> Bic lighter was important either.
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>
> 99.9999999% of the world's businesses think that Ubuntu isn't important
> along with 99.99999998% of home users.[/color]

Got a match?
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> Live with it[/color]

You're the one who has to live with your lies, not me, sport. Karmic
Koala rocks and you're missing out due to your own stupidity, ignorance
and bias.

Alias

"Alias" <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Kevin John SmallBone wrote:[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hd92bp$60d$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=darkred]
>>> PerryFeral wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:59:49 +0100, Alias
>>>> <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [url]http://blogs.computerworld.com/15052/why_windows_7s_success_may_ruin_microsoft[/url]
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been saying this for years.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> Proves you've been wrong for years!!
>>>>
>>>> Perry
>>>
>>> The proof is yet to come. The Diamond Match Company didn't think the Bic
>>> lighter was important either.
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>>
>> 99.9999999% of the world's businesses think that Ubuntu isn't important
>> along with 99.99999998% of home users.[/color]
>
> Got a match?
>[/color]

Sure - You and a comatose patient!

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>> Live with it[/color]
>
> You're the one who has to live with your lies, not me, sport. Karmic Koala
> rocks and you're missing out due to your own stupidity, ignorance and
> bias.
>
> Alias[/color]

"Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala" Let's see how it ROCKS!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

[url]http://www.betanews.com/article/Ubuntu-910-upgraders-report-frustration/1257794212[/url]

Alias wrote:[color=blue]
> Kevin John SmallBone wrote:[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hd9mng$ogh$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=darkred]
>>> Kevin John SmallBone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Alias" <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:hd92bp$60d$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>> PerryFeral wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:59:49 +0100, Alias
>>>>>> <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [url]http://blogs.computerworld.com/15052/why_windows_7s_success_may_ruin_microsoft[/url]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been saying this for years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Proves you've been wrong for years!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perry
>>>>>
>>>>> The proof is yet to come. The Diamond Match Company didn't think
>>>>> the Bic lighter was important either.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> 99.9999999% of the world's businesses think that Ubuntu isn't
>>>> important along with 99.99999998% of home users.
>>>
>>> Got a match?
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Sure - You and a comatose patient![/color]
>
> You really are slow. You didn't get it.
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>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>> Live with it
>>>
>>> You're the one who has to live with your lies, not me, sport. Karmic
>>> Koala rocks and you're missing out due to your own stupidity,
>>> ignorance and bias.
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>>
>> "Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala" Let's see how it
>> ROCKS! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
>>
>> [url]http://www.betanews.com/article/Ubuntu-910-upgraders-report-frustration/1257794212[/url][/color]
>
>
> I just installed Karmic and it's running like silk. It took only 19
> minutes to install and get to the desktop. It looks much better and with
> the new ext4 file system, is much quicker than XP on the same machine,
> both in boot up time and opening and using applications. I'll be testing
> Win 7 on this same machine to compare that, something your biased and
> ignorant mind won't let you do because you are not the master of your
> mind. Your mind's your master.
>
> Alias[color=green]
>>
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]
Go **** yourself you useless POS!

"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote in
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Like any of that sounds looks like a post of mine.

Imposter.

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> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
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>> [url]http://blogs.computerworld.com/15052/why_windows_7s_success_may_ruin_m[/url]
>> icrosoft
>>
>> I've been saying this for years.
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>
> It's the fact of the inevitability.
>
> They shouldn't be popping the champagne corks at Microsoft over the
> news that Windows 7 sales are skyrocketing. A well-known management
> consultant says that Windows 7's success could be the worst thing to
> happen to Microsoft, and turn the company in the General Motors of
> software.
>
> The market research company NPD Group reports that sales of Windows 7
> in the U.S. "were 234 percent higher than Vista's first few days of
> sales."
>
> Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD said this
> about the Windows 7 launch:
> "Microsoft's program of early low-cost pre-sales, high visibility
> marketing, and aggressive deals helped make the Windows 7 software
> launch successful. In a slow environment for packaged software Windows
> 7 brought a large number of customers into the software aisles."
>
> Sounds like good news, doesn't it? In fact, it's just about the worst
> news that Microsoft could hear, says Jay R. Galbraith, president and
> founder, Galbraith Management Consultants. In an article for CNNMoney,
> Galbraith argues that Microsoft could potentially become the the
> General Motors of software --- old, outdated, irrelevant, and
> eventually headed towards ruin. And the success of Windows 7, he says,
> will only accelerate that.
>
> Galbraith says that in order for Microsoft to thrive, it needs to
> shift its attention away from the desktop, and towards other devices
> and cloud computing. He has this to say about why a Windows 7 success
> will hurt Microsoft:
>
> "The worst thing that could happen is a success with Windows 7, which
> would reinforce management's focus on the desktop. Then, as customers
> move away from the desktop to smartphones and other devices, market
> share will decline. But if share declines slowly, maybe a point or two
> a year, the drop will not be enough to overcome the pride that comes
> with high margins and high profits. Over time, the desktop mafia will
> experience a shift from pride to hubris. Welcome to the General Motors
> scenario.
>
> Galbraith says that Microsoft needs to clean house and rid itself of
> managers tied to past ways of thinking and doing business. And the
> quickest way for that to happen, he believes, is for Microsoft's
> competitors to succeed:
>
> "The best thing that could happen to Microsoft would be successes by
> Apple (AAPL) or Google (GOOG) that cause a significant loss of sales
> and market share. The shock would create a sense of urgency and cause
> the leaders to clean house."
>
> He says that Microsoft does not have to turn into the next General
> Motors, as long as Steve Ballmer takes drastic action:
> "The General Motors scenario does not have to happen. Ballmer can
> focus inward on transforming the desktop mafia to the new computing
> paradigm. Or, better yet, appoint a hands-on, change-experienced chief
> operating officer who can do it with him."
>
> I don't see that happening, though. Ballmer is too wedded to the past
> --- a fresh set of eyes are needed if Microsoft is going to transform
> itself.
>
> Microsoft clearly isn't in trouble today --- it's got nearly a global
> monopoly on operating systems, and other profit-making product lines.
> But GM at one point was in a similar situation. It took decades for GM
> to decline. Unless Microsoft heeds Galbraith's advice, the same
> eventually may happen to Microsoft.[/color]