1 posted on
10/04/2010 7:59:42 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
2 posted on
10/04/2010 8:00:17 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
I wonder if Microsoft has patented the blue screen of death?
3 posted on
10/04/2010 8:03:10 AM PDT by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: ShadowAce
Ah yes, Microsoft, going where companies go that can’t compete in the open market.
Now maybe if MS ever released a product that didn’t still need a year or two of beta testing....
6 posted on
10/04/2010 8:07:21 AM PDT by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
To: ShadowAce
Aside from any actual relative merits, the Apple suit against HTC said "We've worked hard to produce a wildly successful device, so quit leeching off of us."
This Microsoft suit just says "We're WAY behind in the market, so we're going to sue you to slow you down so we can catch up."
Way back I said the Microsoft deal with HTC was so HTC could avoid a lawsuit. Looks like I was right. Moto didn't settle and pay Microsoft any protection licensing money, so got sued.
To: ShadowAce
Microsoft: Suing the companies SCO won’t sue!
12 posted on
10/04/2010 8:23:54 AM PDT by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: ShadowAce
Can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em!!!
I truly believe MS sees the writing on the wall regarding smart phones - Android and Apple’s iOS blow the doors off of the Windows Mobile platform, making that antiquated mobile OS look like a kludge. MS cannot compete without directly copying those other two, so instead - send up a lawsuit and see what they can do...
14 posted on
10/04/2010 8:28:46 AM PDT by
TheBattman
(They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
To: ShadowAce
The lawsuit is becoming a tool for these companies to SLOWDOWN their competitors and most of them are thrown out.
I was read and article a few weeks back that addressed the growth of Android and how the profit structure to the carriers was much greater than the iPhone or Windows based phones. As such the carriers were more likely to talk up and push Android based phones on customers looking to join the smartphone revolution.
Now when you think about the fact that without the carriers (ATT, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile) both Microsoft and Apple could lose big time. This is really true of Apple, which has seen it share price go up dramatically with the success of the iPhone. So where would the stock price be if the carriers decided that the iPhone would not be available or as a special order only? (I can see this coming due to Apple's pricing policies) Apple would be stuck trying to sell and unlocked phone like Google tried with the Next One, which we all know was a real success or they would be stuck doing deep discounts and having to accept lower profits.
16 posted on
10/04/2010 8:32:08 AM PDT by
Wooly
To: ShadowAce
There was a massive flood of Microsoft employees that headed to Google. I wonder if any of that was a result.
28 posted on
10/04/2010 6:59:57 PM PDT by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson