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Motley Fool Writes Off Microsoft
The Vista disaster has caught Wall Street's attention before but I've never seen the popular press understand the issues like this argument in the Motley Fool. The opposing argument is a weak statement of faith, essentially "as it was in the beginning is now and forever shall be." "You don't need to watch the 'I'm a Mac, I'm a PC' commercials to see that Microsoft is taking a beating. You see it in the company's financials where its online unit, incredibly, is operating at a loss; overheating Xbox 360 consoles find the company taking a huge warranty hit for a system losing market share to the Wii; and the upgrade wave of its flagship operating system has been more of a ripple than a tsunami. That last point is important. This was supposed to be Microsoft's final feast, the major last hurrah for its Windows Vista operating entry and its Office 2007 suite of applications before the inevitable embrace of cheaper open source operating systems and Web-based apps... In fact, even Microsoft will tell you that its fortunes peaked several months ago."
Of course, I love pouring a tall steaming mug of frosty piss over Microsoft's head. Who wouldn't?
Hasta la Vista, Baby .....
Browsers shouldn't have a back button!! It's all about going forward...
'Mötley Crüe Writes Off Microsoft'
Gonna be a long day...
This is especially clear now that Windows 7 is on the horizon. And if MS can survive ME, it can survive anything.
I'm accustomed to "X writes something in Y arguing that..." being reported as "Y says..." It takes real journalistic skill, though, to turn what's obviously a point-counterpoint piece into "Motley Fool Writes Off Microsoft".
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Motley Fool is authoritative? I have seen better reasoning from crackheads.
Maybe Bill Gate's smartest move was knowing when to leave.
Motley Fool: Bring out your dead!
Gearoid_Murphy: Here's one.
Motley Fool: Ninepence.
Microsoft: I'm not dead!
Motley Fool: What?
Gearoid_Murphy: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
Microsoft: I'm not dead!
Motley Fool: 'Ere. He says he's not dead!
Gearoid_Murphy: Yes, he is.
Microsoft: I'm not!
Motley Fool: He isn't?
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.
Microsoft: I'm getting better!
Gearoid_Murphy: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
Motley Fool: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
Microsoft: I don't want to go on the cart!
Gearoid_Murphy: Oh, don't be such a baby.
Motley Fool: I can't take him.
Microsoft: I feel fine!
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, do us a favour.
Motley Fool: I can't.
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
Motley Fool: No, I've got to go to Sony's. They've lost nine today.
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, when's your next round?
Motley Fool: Tuesday.
Microsoft: I think I'll go for a walk.
Gearoid_Murphy: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?
Microsoft: [singing] I feel happy! I feel happy!
Apologies for spamming you with this Monty Pythin troll.
-mcgrew
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
Wow, your amazing lack of understanding of finance (or even basic math) is astounding, even for Slashdot.
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Wow. I've heard of not reading the article but you didn't even read the summary. You must be old here.
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I think I stopped reading after the ninth or tenth dollar sign. Wow.
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