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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: ReggieMicheals on 4 May 2006, 00:14

Title: MS is dead in the water
Post by: ReggieMicheals on 4 May 2006, 00:14

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B629B28CD-9E0E-48CA-8E8B-243AA6E2CB92%7D&dist=lycos&siteid=lycos

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Title: Re: MS is dead in the water
Post by: WMD on 4 May 2006, 00:28

John Dvorak sucks.

Title: Re: MS is dead in the water
Post by: inane on 6 May 2006, 06:25

Quote from: WMD

John Dvorak sucks.

He's the very next after Bill :)

Title: Re: MS is dead in the water
Post by: bobzyk on 8 May 2006, 14:45

He raises valid points though.

Title: Re: MS is dead in the water
Post by: WMD on 8 May 2006, 17:45

Yeah.  But only (it seems) when he's bashing Microsoft, which he only does part-time.  He's easily the world's most successful internet troll.

Granted, he's quite the personality on TwIT. ;)

Title: Re: MS is dead in the water
Post by: piratePenguin on 8 May 2006, 19:16

I don't think the man really writes what he believes will happen, it looks like he writes what he can write some about, and sometime's it's interesting.

"Hm, what will I write about today? Apple are switching to Intel chips - maybe there's a hidden agenda? Maybe they wanna use MICROSOFT'S operating system, hm, I can actually think of some points to that. "

Title: Re: MS is dead in the water
Post by: WMD on 8 May 2006, 21:23

Quote from: piratePenguin

I don't think the man really writes what he believes will happen, it looks like he writes what he can write some about, and sometime's it's interesting.

Just like I said.  He's a troll. ;)

Title: Re: MS is dead in the water
Post by: inane on 13 May 2006, 05:36

He's a TwAt