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Title: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: redrumloa on June 01, 2006, 01:56:17 PM: Clickey click click! (http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=184425736)

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Bose, Dell, and Apple Computer led the technology brands trusted by U.S. consumers, a new survey from Forrester Research said Monday, while Microsoft came in dead last.
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: koaftder on June 01, 2006, 03:28:21 PM: ya, but Microsoft is a more trusted brand than Amiga atm.
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: redrumloa on June 01, 2006, 03:29:13 PM: Amiga isn't even on the radar, for good reason :-(
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: bloodline on June 01, 2006, 03:41:34 PM: How on earth did Bose get such a good reputation? Their audio equipment has terrible sound reproduction!!!
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: Olecranon on June 01, 2006, 04:11:53 PM: Quote

bloodline wrote:
How on earth did Bose get such a good reputation? Their audio equipment has terrible sound reproduction!!!

I was thinking the same exact thing. In some ways Bose is to speakers what IBM was to computers. Inferior product with superior marketing and advertising.
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: tonyvdb on June 01, 2006, 05:02:19 PM: Bose is a big SCAM Just like M$
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Post by: adolescent on June 01, 2006, 05:33:10 PM: Edit: NM
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: on June 01, 2006, 05:48:28 PM: I agree that Bose is not by any means the best speaker in the world, but they do sound good for home theater.
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: bloodline on June 01, 2006, 07:07:04 PM: Quote

Wayne wrote:
I agree that Bose is not by any means the best speaker in the world, but they do sound good for home theater.

But not for the prices they charge!
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: motorollin on June 01, 2006, 07:53:30 PM: Quote
Bose, Dell, and Apple Computer led the technology brands trusted by U.S. consumers, a new survey from Forrester Research said Monday, while Microsoft came in dead last.

This does not surprise me one bit...

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moto
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: Savan on June 01, 2006, 09:19:54 PM: Quote
ya, but Microsoft is a more trusted brand than Amiga atm.

At least MS have not tied their OS to obsolete junky unavailable hardware and Amiga companies go well under the rader when it comes to garbage.
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: B00tDisk on June 02, 2006, 01:34:56 AM: Apparently whomever wrote this article hasn't heard of Elbox, also known as the fine distributors of RDB-erasing drivers.

At worst, MS product registration is a plastic hassle, not a deliberate attempt to destroy your data.
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: nadoom on June 02, 2006, 11:49:13 PM: Business Trusts Microsoft!
Title: Re: Micro$oft dead last in brand trust
Post by: Oliver on June 03, 2006, 06:41:34 AM: Anyway, M$ is used grudgingly, regardless of trust.

Even if Bose don't sound very good ($AU1000 for 3 inch paper cones?), at least the products can be relied upon to perform as expected, and I'm not aware of the company being involved in any really underhanded business dealings. From my point of view, I have no reason not to trust Bose, or their products, it's just that they don't do/make anything that I want. Conversely, a company like KRK make some speakers I could really use, but I don't trust them at all, because they've been known to shaft their Australian customers.