What the heck are they thinking???
It's amazing that they still feel they're going to bully consumers into purchasing new hardware and acting a certain way... completely beyond comprehension. What was the story about the old Model T? Any color as long as it's black?
People now have options. And one option that I'm sure a lot of IT managers as well as home consumers will exercise is, "Hey, I think I'll just run my old copy of XP/2000... *OR* I'll give that fancypants Linux thing a try! *OR* Heyy... check out those delightful Macintoshes!"
Microsoft will declare lower sales than anticipated this year... The market will speak directly to these knuckleheads! Gartner, WSJ and all those other MS fellaters can bank on it!
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Oooh, perfect platform for the 2006 congressional elections!
What the heck are they thinking??? It's amazing that they still feel they're going to bully consumers into purchasing new hardware and acting a certain way... completely beyond comprehension. What was the story about the old Model T? Any color as long as it's black? People now have options. And one option that I'm sure a lot of IT managers as well as home consumers will exercise is, "Hey, I think I'll just run my old copy of XP/2000... *OR* I'll give that fancypants Linux thing a try! *OR* Heyy... check out those delightful Macintoshes!" Microsoft will declare lower sales than anticipated this year... The market will speak directly to these knuckleheads! Gartner, WSJ and all those other MS fellaters can bank on it!
so much for early Windows gaming starters.