Study sees Microsoft brand in sharp decline

MY COMMENT>
Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
business to install Vista...
Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista... and
that's a big problem.
They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?

ARTICLE>
http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=43229
Microsoft's brand power has been in sharp decline over the past four years,
an indication the company is losing credibility and mindshare with U.S.
business users, according to a recent study by market research firm
CoreBrand.According to the CoreBrand Power 100 2007 study , which polled
about 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers, Microsoft dropped from number 12
in the ranking of the most powerful U.S. company brands in 2004 to number 59
last year. In 1996, the company ranked number 1 in brand power among 1,200
top companies in about 50 industries, said James Gregory, CEO of CoreBrand.

orange
Fri Mar 28 13:42:22 PDT 2008

original atricle

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/27/Study-sees-Microsoft-brand-in-sharp-decline_1.html


"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> MY COMMENT>
> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
> business to install Vista...
> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista...
> and that's a big problem.
> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
> really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?
>
> ARTICLE>
> http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=43229
> Microsoft's brand power has been in sharp decline over the past four
> years, an indication the company is losing credibility and mindshare with
> U.S. business users, according to a recent study by market research firm
> CoreBrand.According to the CoreBrand Power 100 2007 study , which polled
> about 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers, Microsoft dropped from number
> 12 in the ranking of the most powerful U.S. company brands in 2004 to
> number 59 last year. In 1996, the company ranked number 1 in brand power
> among 1,200 top companies in about 50 industries, said James Gregory, CEO
> of CoreBrand.
>
>

Bill
Fri Mar 28 13:51:35 PDT 2008


"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> MY COMMENT>
> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
> business to install Vista...
> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista...
> and that's a big problem.
> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
> really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?
>

Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and bought a
lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every time. Now go
do that and report back with your winnings!

Go use Ubuntu and STFU.

Bob
Fri Mar 28 13:54:40 PDT 2008

"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> MY COMMENT>
> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).

And yet - over 100 million sold in one year. 2nd only to XP, whose
userbase is going down every month as Vista goes up. Vista blew past the
OS X 6 year userbase after about 3 months, and past the Linux 15 year
userbase after about 3 weeks.

Yep, no one likes Vista!

PD43
Fri Mar 28 13:58:28 PDT 2008

"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote:

>MY COMMENT>
>Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).

Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
hindsight hasn't changed that.

It should be noted that XP had its detractors when it was first
released too.

Colin
Fri Mar 28 14:14:33 PDT 2008

Boy, did it ever.

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote:
>
>>MY COMMENT>
>>Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>
> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
> hindsight hasn't changed that.
>
> It should be noted that XP had its detractors when it was first
> released too.

orange
Fri Mar 28 14:17:56 PDT 2008

100 million sold?

Half of those dont count since they were formated and XP installed.., dual
booted, or were a part of the free vista upgrade with XP preinstalled

the other 99% of the second half hate vista...

that leaves 0.5% of morons that like crap.

What can you do?

"Bob Campbell" <bob@bob.bob> wrote in message
news:13uqmpg11efvc81@news.supernews.com...
> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> MY COMMENT>
>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>
> And yet - over 100 million sold in one year. 2nd only to XP, whose
> userbase is going down every month as Vista goes up. Vista blew past the
> OS X 6 year userbase after about 3 months, and past the Linux 15 year
> userbase after about 3 weeks.
>
> Yep, no one likes Vista!

Big
Fri Mar 28 14:22:58 PDT 2008

Sorry, skipped over that version. Someone gave me good advice!

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> Boy, did it ever.
>
> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:7tmqu3d7j27m0k5gasq4uretl5c4s9gh2l@4ax.com...
>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote:
>>
>>> MY COMMENT>
>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>>
>> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
>> hindsight hasn't changed that.
>>
>> It should be noted that XP had its detractors when it was first
>> released too.
>

Bill
Fri Mar 28 14:23:47 PDT 2008

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> Boy, did it ever.
>
> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:7tmqu3d7j27m0k5gasq4uretl5c4s9gh2l@4ax.com...
>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote:
>>
>>> MY COMMENT>
>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>>
>> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
>> hindsight hasn't changed that.
>>
>> It should be noted that XP had its detractors when it was first
>> released too.

And still does (to some extent). Win98SE still has some advantages over
WinXP, chief amongst them being that YOU could fully customize it, and it
was lean, and there was little BS in the way of letting YOU do what YOU
wanted it to do. (And I've already given one such example with SFC (which,
in WinXP, is an "all or nothing", "behind the scenes", thing - useful in
dire cares, pretty useless in others)

orange
Fri Mar 28 14:26:07 PDT 2008

> Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and bought
> a lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every time.

Hello Number 2 most stupid posted in vista.general after Frank.

I do not predict random events like lottery tickets. This is not magic or
supernatural powers. I predict trends intelligently, based on information I
receive, and deep understanding how technology works.

If you really understood what the word prediction means you moron you would
not babble crap like you do.
I suggest you start educating yourself reading good information on the web
instead of trolling in here and bugging me.

SCRAM!


"Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
news:OTeFEWRkIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> MY COMMENT>
>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
>> business to install Vista...
>> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
>> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
>> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista...
>> and that's a big problem.
>> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
>> really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?
>>
>
> Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and bought
> a lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every time. Now
> go do that and report back with your winnings!
>
> Go use Ubuntu and STFU.
>
>
>

PD43
Fri Mar 28 14:26:45 PDT 2008

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

<top-posting corrected>

>"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:7tmqu3d7j27m0k5gasq4uretl5c4s9gh2l@4ax.com...

>> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
>> hindsight hasn't changed that.
>>
>> It should be noted that XP had its detractors when it was first
>> released too.
>
>Boy, did it ever.

I jumped right into XP the day it was officially up for sale in
October of 2001 (upgrade version) from Best Buy. Prior to that I was
running 98SE and was generally happy with that OS.

I did NOT do the same with Vista, because I'm totally happy with XP
and some of my peripheral hardware ain't Vista-ready.

I recently helped a friend buy and setup a Dell with Vista Home Basic
and only a GIG of RAM.

I liked what I saw. Since it lacked that "Aura" interface, it seemed
as "snappy" (almost) as my XP system.

Are you running Vista?

What are your impressions?

Bill
Fri Mar 28 14:26:40 PDT 2008


"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
news:47ed60a7$2@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> 100 million sold?
>
> Half of those dont count since they were formated and XP installed.., dual
> booted, or were a part of the free vista upgrade with XP preinstalled

Pulling figures out of your A$$
>
> the other 99% of the second half hate vista...

Wrong again. Stop with the drugs.
>
> that leaves 0.5% of morons that like crap.

I just told you to lay off the drugs
>
> What can you do?

Seek professional help. Then move to Ubuntu and bail on this group. Your
best bet!

>
> "Bob Campbell" <bob@bob.bob> wrote in message
> news:13uqmpg11efvc81@news.supernews.com...
>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
>> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>> MY COMMENT>
>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>>
>> And yet - over 100 million sold in one year. 2nd only to XP, whose
>> userbase is going down every month as Vista goes up. Vista blew past
>> the OS X 6 year userbase after about 3 months, and past the Linux 15 year
>> userbase after about 3 weeks.
>>
>> Yep, no one likes Vista!
>
>

Smithsonian
Fri Mar 28 14:26:30 PDT 2008

Orange, go spam somewhere else.
Better yet, don't spam at all

"Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
news:OTeFEWRkIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> MY COMMENT>
>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
>> business to install Vista...
>> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
>> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
>> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista...
>> and that's a big problem.
>> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
>> really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?
>>
>
> Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and bought
> a lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every time. Now
> go do that and report back with your winnings!
>
> Go use Ubuntu and STFU.
>
>
>

PD43
Fri Mar 28 14:33:18 PDT 2008

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>And still does (to some extent). Win98SE still has some advantages over
>WinXP, chief amongst them being that YOU could fully customize it, and it
>was lean, and there was little BS in the way of letting YOU do what YOU
>wanted it to do.

DOS 5.0 was lean as well bunky.

To quote one of "my guys", Mike Ditka:

"Those who live in the past are cowards and losers".

PD43
Fri Mar 28 14:37:00 PDT 2008

Who let the teenagers outta school early today???

Bill
Fri Mar 28 14:36:03 PDT 2008

PD43 wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> And still does (to some extent). Win98SE still has some advantages
>> over
>> WinXP, chief amongst them being that YOU could fully customize it, and it
>> was lean, and there was little BS in the way of letting YOU do what YOU
>> wanted it to do.
>
> DOS 5.0 was lean as well bunky.
>
> To quote one of "my guys", Mike Ditka:
>
> "Those who live in the past are cowards and losers".

I have no idea who Mike Ditka is, but he sounds like an idiot.

orange
Fri Mar 28 14:38:36 PDT 2008

I am not spamming..
Please go netcop another place better yet dont netcop at all!


"Smithsonian" <smithsonian@burningplace.net> wrote in message
news:CEABCEF0-AF36-413B-8F6B-31734B76521E@microsoft.com...
> Orange, go spam somewhere else.
> Better yet, don't spam at all
>
> "Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
> news:OTeFEWRkIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
>> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>> MY COMMENT>
>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>>> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
>>> business to install Vista...
>>> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
>>> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
>>> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista...
>>> and that's a big problem.
>>> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
>>> really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?
>>>
>>
>> Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and
>> bought a lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every
>> time. Now go do that and report back with your winnings!
>>
>> Go use Ubuntu and STFU.
>>
>>
>>
>

Bill
Fri Mar 28 14:40:16 PDT 2008


"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
news:47ed627b$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and
>> bought a lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every
>> time.
>
> Hello Number 2 most stupid posted in vista.general after Frank.
>
> I do not predict random events like lottery tickets. This is not magic or
> supernatural powers. I predict trends intelligently, based on information
> I receive, and deep understanding how technology works.
>
> If you really understood what the word prediction means you moron you
> would not babble crap like you do.
> I suggest you start educating yourself reading good information on the web
> instead of trolling in here and bugging me.
>
> SCRAM!
>
>
Wrong numb nuts. You dont have any good information on Vista. Look at your
posts. All negative. You spin the info to your way of thinking which is
skewed. You have no idea how technology works and you will never have an
idea. Your deep understanding is probably crayons and a pad of paper. Oh
yea, the keyboard also. I was suggesting that you can predict lottery
numbers like you can predict the technology currently. You can't. Others
can, but you can't. Your posts are self serving and full of crap. You just
don't get it.

All you do and want to do is bash Vista. I'm not saying Vista is perfect,
but you are just an immature poster who wants to cause trouble. That is
all.

Now go play outside because that will get you away from the computer.
Idiot.

Bill
Fri Mar 28 14:41:40 PDT 2008

PD43 wrote:
> Who let the teenagers outta school early today???

Early??? It's 4 PM already. (Do try to keep up).

Frank
Fri Mar 28 14:44:07 PDT 2008

orange wrote:

> 100 million sold?

130+ million sold...live with it you fukkin big mouth idiot loser!
>
> Half of those dont count since they were formated and XP installed..,

Uttt...now you're lying capin' crunch!

dual
> booted, or were a part of the free vista upgrade with XP preinstalled
>
> the other 99% of the second half hate vista...

Liar!
>
> that leaves 0.5% of morons that like crap.

Lying sack of sh*t!
>
> What can you do?

Stick your head between you legs and kiss your ass goodbye cause you
wrong...LOL!
Are you really this stupid?
Frank

PD43
Fri Mar 28 14:49:39 PDT 2008

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>PD43 wrote:
>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> And still does (to some extent). Win98SE still has some advantages
>>> over
>>> WinXP, chief amongst them being that YOU could fully customize it, and it
>>> was lean, and there was little BS in the way of letting YOU do what YOU
>>> wanted it to do.
>>
>> DOS 5.0 was lean as well bunky.
>>
>> To quote one of "my guys", Mike Ditka:
>>
>> "Those who live in the past are cowards and losers".
>
>I have no idea who Mike Ditka is, but he sounds like an idiot.

He is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka

Doesn't negate the quote, however 8-)

Bill
Fri Mar 28 14:49:13 PDT 2008


"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message news:47ed65e8@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>I am not spamming..
> Please go netcop another place better yet dont netcop at all!
>

WAH WAH WAH. Go cry to someone you moron, or shall I say "On the Bridge"
with mental problems?


>
> "Smithsonian" <smithsonian@burningplace.net> wrote in message
> news:CEABCEF0-AF36-413B-8F6B-31734B76521E@microsoft.com...
>> Orange, go spam somewhere else.
>> Better yet, don't spam at all
>>
>> "Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
>> news:OTeFEWRkIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
>>> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>>> MY COMMENT>
>>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an
>>>> early beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>>>> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
>>>> business to install Vista...
>>>> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
>>>> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
>>>> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like
>>>> vista... and that's a big problem.
>>>> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what
>>>> people really need, but is the time enough to change the course of
>>>> things?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and
>>> bought a lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every
>>> time. Now go do that and report back with your winnings!
>>>
>>> Go use Ubuntu and STFU.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Frank
Fri Mar 28 14:54:54 PDT 2008

orange wrote:

> I am not spamming..
>
Liar! You are SPAM!!!
Frank

Bill
Fri Mar 28 14:57:01 PDT 2008

PD43 wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> PD43 wrote:
>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And still does (to some extent). Win98SE still has some advantages
>>>> over
>>>> WinXP, chief amongst them being that YOU could fully customize it, and
>>>> it
>>>> was lean, and there was little BS in the way of letting YOU do what YOU
>>>> wanted it to do.
>>>
>>> DOS 5.0 was lean as well bunky.
>>>
>>> To quote one of "my guys", Mike Ditka:
>>>
>>> "Those who live in the past are cowards and losers".
>>
>> I have no idea who Mike Ditka is, but he sounds like an idiot.
>
> He is.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka
>
> Doesn't negate the quote, however 8-)

Just confirms my suspicions.

PD43
Fri Mar 28 15:03:41 PDT 2008

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>> Doesn't negate the quote, however 8-)
>
>Just confirms my suspicions.

You shoulda believed me - i.e., doesn't negate the quote - so that you
wouldn't have hadda rely on your suspicions.

Bill
Fri Mar 28 15:47:47 PDT 2008

PD43 wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>> Doesn't negate the quote, however 8-)
>>
>> Just confirms my suspicions.
>
> You shoulda believed me - i.e., doesn't negate the quote - so that you
> wouldn't have hadda rely on your suspicions.

The quote is stupid.

PD43
Fri Mar 28 15:54:41 PDT 2008

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>PD43 wrote:
>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Doesn't negate the quote, however 8-)
>>>
>>> Just confirms my suspicions.
>>
>> You shoulda believed me - i.e., doesn't negate the quote - so that you
>> wouldn't have hadda rely on your suspicions.
>
>The quote is stupid.

Only to those living in the past.

orange
Fri Mar 28 16:01:30 PDT 2008

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupppppppppppppppppppp!!!

bill yawnaire.. the most boring poster

Ahh! You do top Frank at something! He is actually LESS boring than you!

"Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
news:uHQaRxRkIHA.5472@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
> news:47ed627b$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>> Oh you are incredible at predictions. I'll bet if you went out and
>>> bought a lottery ticket, with your powers, you will win each and every
>>> time.
>>
>> Hello Number 2 most stupid posted in vista.general after Frank.
>>
>> I do not predict random events like lottery tickets. This is not magic or
>> supernatural powers. I predict trends intelligently, based on information
>> I receive, and deep understanding how technology works.
>>
>> If you really understood what the word prediction means you moron you
>> would not babble crap like you do.
>> I suggest you start educating yourself reading good information on the
>> web instead of trolling in here and bugging me.
>>
>> SCRAM!
>>
>>
> Wrong numb nuts. You dont have any good information on Vista. Look at
> your posts. All negative. You spin the info to your way of thinking
> which is skewed. You have no idea how technology works and you will never
> have an idea. Your deep understanding is probably crayons and a pad of
> paper. Oh yea, the keyboard also. I was suggesting that you can predict
> lottery numbers like you can predict the technology currently. You can't.
> Others can, but you can't. Your posts are self serving and full of crap.
> You just don't get it.
>
> All you do and want to do is bash Vista. I'm not saying Vista is perfect,
> but you are just an immature poster who wants to cause trouble. That is
> all.
>
> Now go play outside because that will get you away from the computer.
> Idiot.
>
>
>

Bill
Fri Mar 28 16:00:47 PDT 2008

PD43 wrote:
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> PD43 wrote:
>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Doesn't negate the quote, however 8-)
>>>>
>>>> Just confirms my suspicions.
>>>
>>> You shoulda believed me - i.e., doesn't negate the quote - so that you
>>> wouldn't have hadda rely on your suspicions.
>>
>> The quote is stupid.
>
> Only to those living in the past.

Nope.
Simplistically broad simplistic overgeneralizations. (cookie cutter, for
the masses).

Bill
Fri Mar 28 16:07:51 PDT 2008

PD43 wrote:
>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> PD43 wrote:
>>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Doesn't negate the quote, however 8-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Just confirms my suspicions.
>>>>
>>>> You shoulda believed me - i.e., doesn't negate the quote - so that you
>>>> wouldn't have hadda rely on your suspicions.
>>>
>>> The quote is stupid.
>>
>> Only to those living in the past.
>
> Nope.
> Simplistically broad simplistic overgeneralizations (cookie cutter, for
> the masses).

Or more accurately, simple quotes for simple minds.

Frank's
Fri Mar 28 16:46:31 PDT 2008

Frank wrote:

> orange wrote:
>
>> I am not spamming..
>>
> Liar! You are SPAM!!!
> Frank

The group session is starting Frank. Get in here now!

--
Frank - take this blue pill EVERY morning and remove those
anal beads from your butt ( http://tinyurl.com/2hnof6 )

Orange
Fri Mar 28 16:46:39 PDT 2008

Ubuntu is damaged and retarted
Orange is brain damaged and retarted

Ubuntu is often called a pig with lipstick
Orange is a pig with lipstick

Ubuntu is slow
Oranges brain is slow

Ubuntu is all hype with no real innovation
Orange is all hype with nothing to back it up with

People hate Orange because he is stupid
People hate Ubuntu because it is stupid

Ubuntu tried to appear as a good OS but its really crap
Orange tries to boast all the time and appear great, but he is really crap

Ubuntu was created by a bunch of monkeys
Oranges momma and papa were monkeys

Oranges bad attitude and unstable mentality alienates everyone
Ubuntus bad-quirky-unstable behavior alienates everyone

Ubuntu has no originality or innovation
Orange has absolutely no originality and is boring

Ubuntu is forced on to people by idiots like Alias
Orange is forced upon people by trolling the Ubuntu newsgroup

Ubuntu is a loser
Orange is a loser

Ubuntu is based on crap
Orange is crap


"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> MY COMMENT>
> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
> business to install Vista...
> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista...
> and that's a big problem.
> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
> really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?
>
> ARTICLE>
> http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=43229
> Microsoft's brand power has been in sharp decline over the past four
> years, an indication the company is losing credibility and mindshare with
> U.S. business users, according to a recent study by market research firm
> CoreBrand.According to the CoreBrand Power 100 2007 study , which polled
> about 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers, Microsoft dropped from number
> 12 in the ranking of the most powerful U.S. company brands in 2004 to
> number 59 last year. In 1996, the company ranked number 1 in brand power
> among 1,200 top companies in about 50 industries, said James Gregory, CEO
> of CoreBrand.
>
>

PD43
Fri Mar 28 16:50:03 PDT 2008

"Orange Nuts" <orange@nuts.org> wrote:

>Ubuntu is based on crap
>Orange is crap

"Orange Nuts" is plonked.

I think your mommy is calling you anyway.

Ian
Fri Mar 28 19:19:03 PDT 2008


"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote:
>
>>MY COMMENT>
>>Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>
> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
> hindsight hasn't changed that.

Not an OS, but what about Microsoft Bob?

PD43
Fri Mar 28 19:35:30 PDT 2008

"Ian D" <taurus@nowhere.com> wrote:

>> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
>> hindsight hasn't changed that.
>
>Not an OS, but what about Microsoft Bob?

Windows ME isn't an OS?

Pray tell then what IS it, bucko?

Bill
Fri Mar 28 19:43:53 PDT 2008

Ian D wrote:
> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:7tmqu3d7j27m0k5gasq4uretl5c4s9gh2l@4ax.com...
>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote:
>>
>>> MY COMMENT>
>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
>>> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
>>> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
>>
>> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
>> hindsight hasn't changed that.

No, but DOS 1.0 might have been. (I seem to remember ver 1.1 fixing a few
things).

> Not an OS, but what about Microsoft Bob?

I almost expected to find that in WinXP. Maybe it's back in Vista?
(wouldn't surprise me).

Bill
Fri Mar 28 19:50:04 PDT 2008

PD43 wrote:
> "Ian D" <taurus@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years of
>>> hindsight hasn't changed that.
>>
>> Not an OS, but what about Microsoft Bob?
>
> Windows ME isn't an OS?
>
> Pray tell then what IS it, bucko?

Maybe he meant Win98SE was the last real OS, per se (not albatross).
And there might be something to that.

Lang
Fri Mar 28 22:16:13 PDT 2008

"orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> MY COMMENT>
> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
> beta of Vista. I knew this was very bad news for MS.
> If vista was good, then it would have saved MS, but vista has been
> Microsoft's worst product EVER (and Im not joking when I say that).
> Companies don't go near it, any respected IT person would never tell a
> business to install Vista...
> Vista has been hated and kicked around all over the internet... the
> blogosphere and videoshpere is full of vista jokes and bashes...
> And now MS is without inspiration, windows7 seems too much like vista...
> and that's a big problem.
> They need some new brilliant minds and to open their ears to what people
> really need, but is the time enough to change the course of things?
>

"Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set eyes on..."

"I knew..."

Zzzzzzz.... self-agrandizment is so boring...

Lang

> ARTICLE>
> http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=43229
> Microsoft's brand power has been in sharp decline over the past four
> years, an indication the company is losing credibility and mindshare with
> U.S. business users, according to a recent study by market research firm
> CoreBrand.According to the CoreBrand Power 100 2007 study , which polled
> about 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers, Microsoft dropped from number
> 12 in the ranking of the most powerful U.S. company brands in 2004 to
> number 59 last year. In 1996, the company ranked number 1 in brand power
> among 1,200 top companies in about 50 industries, said James Gregory, CEO
> of CoreBrand.
>
>

Bob
Sat Mar 29 07:22:38 PDT 2008

"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:67C21822-1A64-4832-9395-2A069F1EFB7A@microsoft.com...
> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> MY COMMENT>
>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>> beta of Vista.

Of course *I* predicted as soon as this article appeared, that someone would
run in here screaming "Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set
my eyes on an early beta of Vista"!

Vista bashers are so, well, predictable!

Canuck57
Sat Mar 29 07:59:01 PDT 2008


"Bob Campbell" <bob@bob.bob> wrote in message
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> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:67C21822-1A64-4832-9395-2A069F1EFB7A@microsoft.com...
>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
>> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>> MY COMMENT>
>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an early
>>> beta of Vista.
>
> Of course *I* predicted as soon as this article appeared, that someone
> would run in here screaming "Of course I predicted all this the very
> moment I set my eyes on an early beta of Vista"!
>
> Vista bashers are so, well, predictable!

I guess that means there are a lot of unsatisfied Microsoft customers.

Bob
Sat Mar 29 09:59:58 PDT 2008

"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
news:VOsHj.133354$pM4.23410@pd7urf1no...
> I guess that means there are a lot of unsatisfied Microsoft customers.

No doubt there are, just as there are a lot of unsatisfied customers of any
company. You can't please everyone, nor should you try.

Obviously, however, there are many many many more satisfied customers than
unsatisfied. And that's all that matters.

Unknown
Sat Mar 29 10:37:45 PDT 2008

What is 'a lot' percentagewise?
"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob Campbell" <bob@bob.bob> wrote in message
> news:13usk6j7pm8vi44@news.supernews.com...
>> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:67C21822-1A64-4832-9395-2A069F1EFB7A@microsoft.com...
>>> "orange" <Or@an.ge> wrote in message
>>> news:47ed5815$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>>> MY COMMENT>
>>>> Of course I predicted all this the very moment I set my eyes on an
>>>> early beta of Vista.
>>
>> Of course *I* predicted as soon as this article appeared, that someone
>> would run in here screaming "Of course I predicted all this the very
>> moment I set my eyes on an early beta of Vista"!
>>
>> Vista bashers are so, well, predictable!
>
> I guess that means there are a lot of unsatisfied Microsoft customers.
>

Canuck57
Sat Mar 29 11:01:08 PDT 2008


"Bob Campbell" <bob@bob.bob> wrote in message
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> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
> news:VOsHj.133354$pM4.23410@pd7urf1no...
>> I guess that means there are a lot of unsatisfied Microsoft customers.
>
> No doubt there are, just as there are a lot of unsatisfied customers of
> any company. You can't please everyone, nor should you try.

But does also look like it is growing. Agreed, you can't please all the
people all the time and nor should you try.

But clearly, Microsoft found a banana peek and is sliding fast.

> Obviously, however, there are many many many more satisfied customers than
> unsatisfied. And that's all that matters.

There is a thing called market momentum. When people try other OSes due to
Visitation they will spread the word and turn the market.

It happened to Sperry-Univac, then IBM, it happened to Digital, it happened
to HP, it happened to Novell. Next up, Microsoft.

Frank
Sat Mar 29 11:19:42 PDT 2008

Canuck57 wrote:
> "Bob Campbell" <bob@bob.bob> wrote in message
> news:13ustdkk4mn6j5d@news.supernews.com...
>
>>"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
>>news:VOsHj.133354$pM4.23410@pd7urf1no...
>>
>>>I guess that means there are a lot of unsatisfied Microsoft customers.
>>
>>No doubt there are, just as there are a lot of unsatisfied customers of
>>any company. You can't please everyone, nor should you try.
>
>
> But does also look like it is growing. Agreed, you can't please all the
> people all the time and nor should you try.
>
> But clearly, Microsoft found a banana peek and is sliding fast.

Bullsh*t! Nothing financially speaking concerning MSFT, points to that.
You're just a FUD spreading lying linux troll.
Frank

Bob
Sat Mar 29 11:30:14 PDT 2008

"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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> There is a thing called market momentum.

Yes, there is. You can see who has the momentum by looking here:

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=11

Ian
Sat Mar 29 11:33:25 PDT 2008


"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Ian D" <taurus@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>> Windows ME is the "worst product EVER"... and all the years