__/ [ NoStop ] on Thursday 05 April 2007 13:48 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Mike ] on Thursday 05 April 2007 12:55 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> New Harris Poll: Vista awareness up, sales not
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote]
>>>>> For its most recent poll, Harris surveyed online 2,223 U.S. adults
>>>>> between March 6 and 14, 2007 -- just about six weeks after the
>>>>> release of Windows Vista...
>>>>>
>>>>> March, 2007 % December,
>>>>> 2006 %
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I will upgrade to Windows Vista: 12% 20%
>>>>>
>>>>> No, I will stay with my current OS: 67% 31%
>>>>>
>>>>> Not sure: 20% 49%
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=368
>>>>
>>>> This is looking terrible. Many prospective Linux users up for grabs.
>>>
>>> Not exactly. That stats show users are staying with their current OS and
>>> not that they will switch to Linux. In this post I can see why people say
>>> you lie in your posts.
>>
>> The subject line says that as time goes by, fewer people intend to go
>> along with the 'Windows stream'. Then I quote figures that show exactly
>> that. Given that everyone must upgrade sooner or later (support lifeline
>> or software comptaibility), it is likely that more people ("prospective
>> Linux users") will consider a route such as Apple or free software. The
>> first step is rejectction, or a breakup. Unless these users want to stay
>> lonely, they will probably seek a new girlfriend/boyfriend. Unlike wives,
>> operating systems need to be changed after a while. There will not be a
>> second 'distro' of Windows alongside Vista.
>>
> I'm sure all us Linux users understood exactly what you were implying. It's
> these fucking Wintards that come trolling here that have a hard time
> getting off the MickeyMouse nipple.
You mean like Parson who has probably accepted some Microsoft payola to help
tweak Netcraft statistics in their favour? Or Open Source companies that
have partner$hips that are intended to assist the Windows platform? Whatever
it is, all these 'games', along with pricey Get the Fact-type ads, probably
explain why in the course of just two years Microsoft lose over half of its
cash pile, according to the Seattle Pi. Now Microsoft pays business just to
be using its resources (Live). It's like prostitution. And Microsoft loses a
lot of money. Judging by COLA's recent Munchkin activity, they have been
cutting on that one particular budget.
MSFT profits slid in the last quarter. Can't wait until the financial report
of their next quarter comes out...
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~~ Best wishes
Maths applied to numbers is like logic applied to statistics. Statistics are
lies.
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