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A Windows Phone 7 For Every Microsoftie

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the learning-from-the-zune dept.

theodp writes "So, how can Microsoft guarantee its Windows Phone 7 devices will enjoy broader adoption than the ill-fated Kin? By giving every Microsoft employee a free one, that's how. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed the move, explaining that the idea is to thank employees for all their work, and make sure that they have experience with Windows Phone 7 devices. Microsoft has nearly 90,000 employees worldwide."

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  1. the irony ... by da5idnetlimit.com · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "I particularly enjoyed the way you seem to know much more about what is good for the company than the trained accountants whose job it is to know these things better than anyone else."

    FYI, trained accountants knows what is better for the ACCOUNTS.
    If they knew what was good for the company they would be ... managers ? on the Board ? not at accounting...

    BTW, how often do you consult your own accountant about your morale ?

    --
    It takes 40+ muscles to frown, but only four to extend your arm and bitchslap the motherfucker
  2. Re:But it's mnade out of PEOPLE !! by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't see a reason for all the vitriol directed at them for this.

    You must be new here ... :-)

    Seriously, the reason is simple - we're all happy to see the bully get his ass kicked.

    And then there are those creepy ads - not just the Gate+Seinfeld ones - the KIN stalker loser taking pics of his ex-girlfriend - which would get him arrested, charged, convicted, a criminal record, and a fine + community service if he were to pull that sort of stunt here.

    And the products that are always late, buggy, clunky, and always a few steps behind the competition. Windows 7 is only now adding some of the features that KDE users have enjoyed for years - and it still has a long way to go. Must be nice living in that walled garden.

    And the overblown hyping of non-features. Like the current page at Microsoft talking about how now, with Windows 7, you can use a touch device if you have one, in addition to a mouse and keyboard. What utter BS. Touch support is a hardware, not OS, feature - I was doing that back in 1993 witn WFW 3.1. "Oh, but we've added a new API and new hooks." Big deal - it's still dependent on the hardware manufacturers and their drivers - and they don't need Microsoft to add features like multi-touch.

    I could go on, but what's the point? Microsoft has lost more than half it's value under Ballmer. There's no reason to expect that trend not to continue.

    Q: "How do you create a $200 billion dollar company?"
    A: "Take a $600 billion dollar company and put Steve Ballmer in charge."

    Azure is Hazure compared to the competition. AdCenter is BadCenter - a money pit. Bing got no bling. PC gaming was thrown under the bus to support/divert customers to a money-losing XBox. WinMobile is more like WinCementShoes - to be phased out over the next 2 years as Microsoft retires from the mobile game completely. High Performance Computing is another perennial money-loser.

    If it weren't for the vendor lock-in with Office, business wouldn't be buying either Office or Windows - and that's changing.

    Microsoft will lose another 50% in market cap as people realize that they have 10 more years, and then it's game over, so the stock can only be based on revenue, not growth prospects, and that revenue not only will not keep pace with the competition, but will start declining on an absolute basis.

    After all, business isn't going to upgrade Office if they can continue running XP - and now they can until 2020 by which time other alternatives will be firmly entrenched.