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Offline MicroStrand

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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2013, 05:21:09 AM »
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Can't say I care any more, even if Paul, Steve and Bill died tomorrow it doesn't matter, the damage M$ and Apple have done to the home computer market from the revolution to revolution technical years from mid 70s to mid 90s is irreparable, the good old days are gone for good.
I'm sorry to say that, but in the mid 70's had this people absolutely no impact on the software industry. The dominant company at this time was Digital Research and the think tank Xerox PARC. The real drama started in the year 1980 with IBM's "Project Chess".
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2013, 05:37:33 AM »
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this one is my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk

all these features and Reversi!


OMG what a tool! (Him not the product)

Is TV advertising seriously like this in the US?  Does it work? I mean actual real people see stuff like that and then part with their money for advertised product?
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2013, 05:42:32 AM »
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I'm sorry to say that, but in the mid 70's had this people absolutely no impact on the software industry. The dominant company at this time was Digital Equipment Corporation and the think tank Bell Labs. The real drama started in the year 1980 with IBM's "Project Chess".

Fixed that for you. ;)
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2013, 06:03:18 AM »
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Fixed that for you. ;)
Wrong! They had no name in the microcomputer business, only for mainframes and minis and that's not the topic here. ;)
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2013, 06:26:51 AM »
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Wrong! They had no name in the microcomputer business, only for mainframes and minis and that's not the topic here. ;)


I know, that's why I winked. :)
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2013, 07:44:45 AM »
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Is TV advertising seriously like this in the US?  Does it work? I mean actual real people see stuff like that and then part with their money for advertised product?
It's simple: everybody was completely insane in the '80s.

(Even then, nobody actually bought Windows 1.0.)
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #20 on: August 25, 2013, 07:56:47 AM »
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It's simple: everybody was completely insane in the '80s.

(Even then, nobody actually bought Windows 1.0.)


It's actually a very good thing that no one bought it, because anyone who would purchase a product with that sort of advertising should be locked up in a psych-ward for their own protection! lol
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2013, 09:40:01 AM »
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this one is my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk

all these features and Reversi!
Has he ever had any hair?
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #22 on: August 25, 2013, 10:04:10 AM »
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OMG what a tool! (Him not the product)

Is TV advertising seriously like this in the US?  Does it work? I mean actual real people see stuff like that and then part with their money for advertised product?

Yes and no... tends to get more like that into the wee hours... and typically for more useless, gimmicky stuff. Not to say Windows 1.0 is not useless, but you know what I mean.

Sometimes they go on for 30 minutes or more, in which case its called an "infomercial" and then its time to change to a different TV station.

And I would venture to say it does work because you continue to see the approach used :)
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #23 on: August 25, 2013, 10:06:10 AM »
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2013, 11:45:15 AM »
His last name certainly matched his demeanour.
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #25 on: August 26, 2013, 07:40:38 AM »
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2013, 01:55:14 PM »
lol a market analyst speculating of the way it is inside Microsoft. Some story. He asks the questions and then answers them. Sounds a tad burnt to me. I guess Computer World have no choice really. Need the money from wherever they can get it.  

Probably want to look at ZDNets articles instead.
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2013, 05:42:44 PM »
Is there any reason to doubt it? Microsoft's 2012-2013 has been one fiasco after another: widespread rejection of Windows 8, which only recently surpassed Vista's adoption rate, confusion over the poorly-differentiated Surface versions and the general failure of the Surface line in the marketplace, the XBone debacle and Sony making MS look like fools simply by announcing their plans not to gratuitously abuse their own customers. Add to that that they don't even have a successor lined up and think it might take them up to a year to find one, and it's abundantly clear that Ballmer got the boot.
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« Reply #28 on: August 26, 2013, 06:03:28 PM »
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Probably want to look at ZDNets articles instead.


I have a love-hate relationship with ZDNet.  As long as they are actual news articles and not overblown opinion pieces by the likes of Ed Bott or SJVN.  ;)
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Re: Steve Ballmer? - Bye!
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