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msmobiles.com_robot
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 Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject: 30 years of Microsoft: smartphone in every pocket ? |
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Today is important historic day for Microsoft: it is 30 years of Microsoft! Vision of Microsoft's creators was "computer on every desk and in every home" and this vision has been realized.
So what about smartp...
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kupe
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | We should also abandon outdated thinking that Microsoft is evil, because it is not! Microsoft brought computing to the masses, and Microsoft made computers easy to use. |
Well, Apple and Linus Torvalds did the same thing too, but in a slightly less predatory fashion. While Microsoft may not be inherently evil (although Steve Ballmer's recently documented rage-fests might prove otherwise), their loyalty lies solely with their stockholders, not the customers. |
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EJR
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| kupe wrote: | | their loyalty lies solely with their stockholders, not the customers. |
I don't agree and please note that Windows Mobile team at Microsoft is more customer oriented than the rest of Microsoft. Particularly carriers/operators and hardware manufacturers are perceived by Microsoft people as important corporate customers! |
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Stinger
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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A smartphone in every pocket? So that's two if I wear a regular pair of trousers. What if I wear shorts without pockets? Do I have to wear the same thing every day to make sure I never have to shell out for phones that I'll never use?  |
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EJR
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Stinger wrote: | | A smartphone in every pocket? So that's two if I wear a regular pair of trousers. What if I wear shorts without pockets? Do I have to wear the same thing every day to make sure I never have to shell out for phones that I'll never use? |
 very funny!
how else should I formulate it then? dunno... |
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kupe
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| msmobiles.com_wiseacre wrote: | | I don't agree and please note that Windows Mobile team at Microsoft is more customer oriented than the rest of Microsoft. Particularly carriers/operators and hardware manufacturers are perceived by Microsoft people as important corporate customers! |
Of course Microsoft is nice to them. At least for now Microsoft is a very small fish in a very huge pond. They'll get doors slammed in their faces if they portray their usual arrogant attitude in the wireless phone market. That's true, until their market share grows to a significant portion (as it inevitably will). At that point we can expect their already well-understood corporate culture begin it's classic slash-and-burn tactics in the cell phone business too. |
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Richo
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:10 am Post subject: Re: 30 years of Microsoft: smartphone in every pocket ? |
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| msmobiles.com_robot wrote: | | Vision of Microsoft's creators was "computer on every desk and in every home" and this vision has been realized. |
I hardly think every home has a computer, far from it. Unless you are talking affluent western households only. Perhaps there should have been "computer on every affluent westerners desk and in every affluent westerners home, too bad about the poor pricks" |
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