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Posted by kdawson on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:11AM
from the limited-vistas dept.

The Vista disaster has caught Wall Street's attention before but I've never seen the popular press understand the issues like this argument in the Motley Fool. The opposing argument is a weak statement of faith, essentially "as it was in the beginning is now and forever shall be." "You don't need to watch the 'I'm a Mac, I'm a PC' commercials to see that Microsoft is taking a beating. You see it in the company's financials where its online unit, incredibly, is operating at a loss; overheating Xbox 360 consoles find the company taking a huge warranty hit for a system losing market share to the Wii; and the upgrade wave of its flagship operating system has been more of a ripple than a tsunami. That last point is important. This was supposed to be Microsoft's final feast, the major last hurrah for its Windows Vista operating entry and its Office 2007 suite of applications before the inevitable embrace of cheaper open source operating systems and Web-based apps... In fact, even Microsoft will tell you that its fortunes peaked several months ago."

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Frosty Piss loves Microsoft (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:12AM (#22181530)

Of course, I love pouring a tall steaming mug of frosty piss over Microsoft's head. Who wouldn't?

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Hasta la Vista (Score:3, Funny)

by wwwillem (253720) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:17AM (#22181596) Homepage

Hasta la Vista, Baby .....

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Need more coffee (Score:5, Funny)

by dyslexicbunny (940925) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:19AM (#22181624)

'Mötley Crüe Writes Off Microsoft'

Gonna be a long day...

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Re:Frosty Piss loves Microsoft (Score:3, Funny)

by AndGodSed (968378) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:20AM (#22181632) Homepage Journal

What is it now, steaming or frosty?

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Vista is the Windows ME of our generation... (Score:5, Funny)

by halivar (535827) writes: <bfelger@@@gmail...com> on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:21AM (#22181644) Homepage

This is especially clear now that Windows 7 is on the horizon. And if MS can survive ME, it can survive anything.

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Re:In other news (Score:5, Funny)

by Otter (3800) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:23AM (#22181662) Journal

I'm accustomed to "X writes something in Y arguing that..." being reported as "Y says..." It takes real journalistic skill, though, to turn what's obviously a point-counterpoint piece into "Motley Fool Writes Off Microsoft".

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So? (Score:2, Funny)

by endeavour31 (640795) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:32AM (#22181772)

Motley Fool is authoritative? I have seen better reasoning from crackheads.

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Bill Gate's smartest move (Score:5, Funny)

by hey (83763) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @11:38AM (#22181850) Journal

Maybe Bill Gate's smartest move was knowing when to leave.

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Re:dancing (Score:5, Funny)

by sm62704 (957197) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @12:01PM (#22182144) Journal

Motley Fool: Bring out your dead!
Gearoid_Murphy: Here's one.
Motley Fool: Ninepence.
Microsoft: I'm not dead!
Motley Fool: What?
Gearoid_Murphy: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
Microsoft: I'm not dead!
Motley Fool: 'Ere. He says he's not dead!
Gearoid_Murphy: Yes, he is.
Microsoft: I'm not!
Motley Fool: He isn't?
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.
Microsoft: I'm getting better!
Gearoid_Murphy: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
Motley Fool: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
Microsoft: I don't want to go on the cart!
Gearoid_Murphy: Oh, don't be such a baby.
Motley Fool: I can't take him.
Microsoft: I feel fine!
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, do us a favour.
Motley Fool: I can't.
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
Motley Fool: No, I've got to go to Sony's. They've lost nine today.
Gearoid_Murphy: Well, when's your next round?
Motley Fool: Tuesday.
Microsoft: I think I'll go for a walk.
Gearoid_Murphy: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?
Microsoft: [singing] I feel happy! I feel happy!

Apologies for spamming you with this Monty Pythin troll.

-mcgrew

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Re:In other news (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @12:38PM (#22182620)

Wow, your amazing lack of understanding of finance (or even basic math) is astounding, even for Slashdot.

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Re:In other news (Score:2, Funny)

by zugurudumba (1009301) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @01:22PM (#22183370)

what's a twitter? oh, nevermind

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Re:What about the Bull Argument? (Score:3, Funny)

by Matt Perry (793115) writes: <.moc.oohay. .ta. .45ttam.yrrep.> on Friday January 25, 2008 @01:23PM (#22183378)

Wow. I've heard of not reading the article but you didn't even read the summary. You must be old here.

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Re:In other news (Score:5, Funny)

by SL Baur (19540) writes: <steve@xemacs.org> on Friday January 25, 2008 @03:24PM (#22185314) Homepage Journal

... lose's it's ... it's word's ... reader's, it's ... seem's ... becau'se ... pay's ... word's.
If I had a nickel for every time a slashdotter misused an apostrophe, I'd be richer than Bill Gates.

We are watching your every word. Be afraid, be very afraid.

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Spelling and Grammar Nazi

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Re:One Size Fits All? Ah, the monopoly. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @03:26PM (#22185338)

I think I stopped reading after the ninth or tenth dollar sign. Wow.

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Re:In other news (Score:2, Funny)

by p3d0 (42270) writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @05:07PM (#22186862)

Isn't it not uncommon for businesses to skip entire versions of windows?
Do you talk like this in person?

Friend: Hey AvitarX, how's it going?

AvitarX: Well, I don't doubt you could never say I can't complain!

Friend: ...

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Re:In other news (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 25, 2008 @07:07PM (#22188208)

It's where the twits hang out.

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