"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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> "Tfullertonsr" <Tfullertonsr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Today a suggestive article in Marketwatch.com mentioned the demise of
>> Vista
>> operating systems. It was pointed out that this is unlikely due to the
>> overwhelming brilliant and costly staff who developed and marketed this
>> costly venture.
>>
>> I am suggesting a more practical approach to this situation. Buy Apple.
>> The message is clear. Big business is unbending in their approach to
>> this
>> software. The Lemming approach is in high gear.
>>
>> So for the Barack Obama movement in operating software to take hold, you
>> need the candidate. Treasure your XP (A statement I thought I would
>> never
>> utter) and move to the most logical system available. Apple OS is bought
>> in
>> quantity will send a message to the bottom line that Microsoft
>> recognizes,
>> shareholder value.
>>
>> Meanwhile to all you Vista supporters, keep up the good work, you will
>> surely help the cause.
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> I agree, Microsoft would benefit from buying Apple in the long term. They
> would get a solid OS they could pander. Apple users would cry foul for
> sure. The biggest reason you own an Apple is that MS-Windows isn't good
> enough. Easy sell these days.
>
> One real problem though, they would have to admit in public that the
> MS-Windows OS (any version) isn't worth a crap going forward. Which might
> be the truth, but it will not happen for this reason alone. But monopoly
> issues could also hit them.
>
> It would ruin Apple if it ever happened.
>

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