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Richard M

23-04-2004 16:26

Shocking Microsoft report

Quote:

There is a huge switching cost to using a different operating system [as in not Windows],' he [a MS exec] wrote Gates. 'It is this switching cost that has given customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO, our lack of a sexy version at times...'

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...tid=187&tid=99 :eek:

Chris

23-04-2004 16:39

Re: Shocking Microsoft report

So M$ finally admits that it relies on customer inertia to get away with delivering shoddy products. Not unlike a certain cableco we all know and love. :rolleyes:

Damien

23-04-2004 16:46

Re: Shocking Microsoft report

Quote:

Originally Posted by towny

So M$ finally admits that it relies on customer inertia to get away with delivering shoddy products. Not unlike a certain cableco we all know and love. :rolleyes:

tiscali??!??!

Bifta

23-04-2004 16:46

Re: Shocking Microsoft report

Interesting point about buggy drivers, I can't think of any hardware manufacturers drivers that haven't at one stage or another been free of some kind of bug, at least Microsoft admit it and generally do something towards fixing them.

Chris

23-04-2004 22:17

Re: Shocking Microsoft report

Quote:

Originally Posted by towny

So M$ finally admits that it relies on customer inertia to get away with delivering shoddy products. Not unlike a certain cableco we all know and love. :rolleyes:

W00t!! Hey, guess what, this post earned me a red rep from sir drinks a lot! :rofl:

Bifta

23-04-2004 22:19

Re: Shocking Microsoft report

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Originally Posted by towny

W00t!! Hey, guess what, this post earned me a red rep from sir drinks a lot! :rofl:

LOL, did he leave a reason? If so, how bizarre was it?

Chris

23-04-2004 22:24

Re: Shocking Microsoft report

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bifta

LOL, did he leave a reason? If so, how bizarre was it?

Comment was:

Quote:

am no troll you know that as well as i do

I was asking for it I suppose, I had the cheek to red-rep a piece of his trollish activity in another thread earlier (and I can't actually remember which piece off the top of my head :disturbd: )

:rolleyes:

Bifta

23-04-2004 23:41

Re: Shocking Microsoft report

Quote:

Originally Posted by towny

Comment was:

I was asking for it I suppose, I had the cheek to red-rep a piece of his trollish activity in another thread earlier (and I can't actually remember which piece off the top of my head :disturbd: )

:rolleyes:

Heh .. I was hoping for something a little more strange.

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