Comments on: Microsoft Retail Store Has FAIL Written All Over It http://www.acmeplex.com/2009/02/19/microsoft-retail-store-has-fail-written-all-over-it/ Everything Will Eventually Blow Up ... Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:28:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mir http://www.acmeplex.com/2009/02/19/microsoft-retail-store-has-fail-written-all-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Mir Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:55:39 +0000 http://acmeplex.com/?p=5032#comment-67 Ultimately, the problem is that the proletariat buy into branding, instead of having a clue about what they're purchasing. Of course, with a Mac, you don't get viruses! http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/tp/macvirusfaqs.htm http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruslistfind.html?findWhere=001&findTxt=macintosh Oh, and of course, Microsoft has completely lost it's market share... http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/02/tech-windows.html?ref=rss Oh, wait, what actually happened is we got a rabid Apple fanboy foaming at the mouth again, and attacking Microsoft without an references because it's an evil faceless corporation. This attitude was chic 11 years ago... maybe it's you that needs to get your head out of the past. <em><strong>(MET: You are free to disagree with me but I should point out that other than anti-virus app labs, no one outside those walls has seen a mac virus. I know you find that hard to believe but true for 9 years running. I don't believe at any point I call MS evil - those are your words. My contention is that they have poisoned their own name AND built a market for PC's based solely on price. During the heady years, they reaped that reward but now?)</strong></em> Ultimately, the problem is that the proletariat buy into branding, instead of having a clue about what they’re purchasing.

Of course, with a Mac, you don’t get viruses!
http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/tp/macvirusfaqs.htm
http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruslistfind.html?findWhere=001&findTxt=macintosh

Oh, and of course, Microsoft has completely lost it’s market share…
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/02/tech-windows.html?ref=rss

Oh, wait, what actually happened is we got a rabid Apple fanboy foaming at the mouth again, and attacking Microsoft without an references because it’s an evil faceless corporation. This attitude was chic 11 years ago… maybe it’s you that needs to get your head out of the past.

(MET: You are free to disagree with me but I should point out that other than anti-virus app labs, no one outside those walls has seen a mac virus. I know you find that hard to believe but true for 9 years running. I don’t believe at any point I call MS evil – those are your words. My contention is that they have poisoned their own name AND built a market for PC’s based solely on price. During the heady years, they reaped that reward but now?)

]]> By: sofia Kibble http://www.acmeplex.com/2009/02/19/microsoft-retail-store-has-fail-written-all-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-55 sofia Kibble Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:47:33 +0000 http://acmeplex.com/?p=5032#comment-55 hey... what's your source on this? hey… what’s your source on this?

]]> By: Xofis http://www.acmeplex.com/2009/02/19/microsoft-retail-store-has-fail-written-all-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Xofis Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:24:28 +0000 http://acmeplex.com/?p=5032#comment-44 People blame all the woes of computing on the dominant vendor. This is news? People blame all the woes of computing on the dominant vendor. This is news?

]]> By: Michael Linehan http://www.acmeplex.com/2009/02/19/microsoft-retail-store-has-fail-written-all-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Michael Linehan Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:06:22 +0000 http://acmeplex.com/?p=5032#comment-42 VERY good. Detailed. Logical. Well thought out. Thanks. Definitely going to send this to a few Windoze friends and colleagues. VERY good. Detailed. Logical. Well thought out. Thanks. Definitely going to send this to a few Windoze friends and colleagues.

]]> By: Sayonara Gates http://www.acmeplex.com/2009/02/19/microsoft-retail-store-has-fail-written-all-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Sayonara Gates Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:03:25 +0000 http://acmeplex.com/?p=5032#comment-41 wow, this is spot-on. I agree wholeheartedly. M$ does not understand consumers, and they never will. All they do is try to copy the best of what's out there, and doing so at only 25% quality and years and years too late. Good luck M$. wow, this is spot-on. I agree wholeheartedly. M$ does not understand consumers, and they never will. All they do is try to copy the best of what’s out there, and doing so at only 25% quality and years and years too late.

Good luck M$.

]]> By: Chris Rivas http://www.acmeplex.com/2009/02/19/microsoft-retail-store-has-fail-written-all-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Chris Rivas Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:45:10 +0000 http://acmeplex.com/?p=5032#comment-40 Excellent , I could not agree more, a pleasure to read. Excellent , I could not agree more, a pleasure to read.

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