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Windows Phone 7 Sales Continue To Struggle
rtfa-troll writes "Even with the pre-Christmas buying rush, Microsoft is already desperately offering a new buy one get one free offer similar to the ones they gave for the KIN. According to the article, 'Windows Phone 7 devices can't even manage two per cent of the fortnight's sales.' These aren't official Microsoft figures; they come from online shopping sites. But since Microsoft official sales figures seem subject to manipulation, this is perhaps one of the better guesses we will get at the success of Windows Phone 7 until well into next year. This also strongly backs up other reports of deeply disappointing phone sales. Even Microsoft supporters have been wondering for a while whether it's time for Ballmer to go. If the sales reports are true, then he may be pushed before he jumps."
LOL, so predictable. Say anything pointing out this sites insane bias, and you get accused of being a Microsoft employee. Awesome. Couldn't be further from the truth.
Just keep jerking off in the echo-chamber. And every year you'll still wonder why Loonix still isn't accepted by anyone except sad pathetic nerds.
It makes it easy to track down and rape people from facebook. No, that was the kin, nevermind.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Posting AC then modding your posts Insightful doesn't make them so.
Yes, a large portion of the visitors to slashdot use Windows. Then again, when compared to the general population, a large portion don't. That so many Windows users see value in, and frequent, a site that is definitely pro-linux/bsd/open source, and what is arguably, even with all the "web 2.0" junk, the most influential tech forum on the net, says that Ballmer is right when Microsoft tells the SEC that linux and open source are the biggest threat to Microsoft.
Wait, how does a pro-open source tech site having majority Windows using readers prove open source is the biggest threat to Microsoft? You don't know the proportion of Windows users that are interested in Linux, you only know the proportion of tech site readers that use Windows. Are you really extrapolating tech site readership out to the general population?!
Think about it - even with less than 1% of the desktop, and being distributed for free, it's more of a threat than Apple, who are worth more than Microsoft.
Because the site with an open source bias has a higher than average open source adoption rate, it is bigger threat than Apple?!
The alternative would be an echo chamber.
This site wouldn't exist if it weren't for the forum churn and flamebaiting headlines. There will always be Windows 7, Snow Leopard on 27" iMac, RHEL/OEL 5, Solaris 11 Express using individuals here that disagree that the IT world should revolve around your shitty free desktop software. I don't come here to be enlightened. I come for a fight. Don't be mislead by a fresh Safari hit that the person behind it is at all interested in "switching to" Linux.
Microsoft sucks. They have no style. Who on earth REALLY is a fan? If people weren't so engrained into using windows everywhere, Microsoft would be a failing company. Everything they touch turns to shit.