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Can Microsoft be trusted? Imhotep 10-02-2005
Posted by Imhotep on October 2, 2005, 5:34 pm
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"Well, they've done it again. In prime-time. With malice aforethought. The
duplicitous droogs, the denizens of deep-doodoo, I'm talking about Bill
Gates' Microsoft: caught in a bald-faced lie about HD DVD-ROM discs. This
is news? Not any more than the fact it's hot in Texas this summer or that
Katrina caused a lot of damage. It is, after all, the Microsoft way:
dishonesty in all things."

http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/10/01/1548246.shtml?tid=29

Imhotep


Posted by Imhotep on October 2, 2005, 9:58 pm
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Imhotep wrote:

> "Well, they've done it again. In prime-time. With malice aforethought. The
> duplicitous droogs, the denizens of deep-doodoo, I'm talking about Bill
> Gates' Microsoft: caught in a bald-faced lie about HD DVD-ROM discs. This
> is news? Not any more than the fact it's hot in Texas this summer or that
> Katrina caused a lot of damage. It is, after all, the Microsoft way:
> dishonesty in all things."
>
> http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/10/01/1548246.shtml?tid=29
>
> Imhotep

Ah, I think I found the cause for the M$ FUD...

With the Blue-Ray DVD technology any company can license it. Maybe that is
the cause for the WinMissInformation? Maybe the Entertainment industry does
no want that....

Imhotep


Posted by Winged on October 3, 2005, 9:30 pm
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Imhotep wrote:
> Imhotep wrote:
>
>
>>"Well, they've done it again. In prime-time. With malice aforethought. The
>>duplicitous droogs, the denizens of deep-doodoo, I'm talking about Bill
>>Gates' Microsoft: caught in a bald-faced lie about HD DVD-ROM discs. This
>>is news? Not any more than the fact it's hot in Texas this summer or that
>>Katrina caused a lot of damage. It is, after all, the Microsoft way:
>>dishonesty in all things."
>>
>>http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/10/01/1548246.shtml?tid=29
>>
>>Imhotep
>
>
> Ah, I think I found the cause for the M$ FUD...
>
> With the Blue-Ray DVD technology any company can license it. Maybe that is
> the cause for the WinMissInformation? Maybe the Entertainment industry does
> no want that....
>
> Imhotep
I suspect we are a long way from the end of this format war. Looks like
some of the studios have come out and said they support blue-ray. I
think we have awhile before a single standard emerges. I believe
market forces will decide this battle. Watch for cut rate prices early
in this battle on these devices as vendors try to capture market share.

Competition is good. Expect a bit of blood to fall before it is over.

Winged


Posted by Jim Watt on October 3, 2005, 12:36 am
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wrote:

>"Well, they've done it again. In prime-time. With malice aforethought. The
>duplicitous droogs, the denizens of deep-doodoo, I'm talking about Bill
>Gates' Microsoft: caught in a bald-faced lie about HD DVD-ROM discs. This
>is news? Not any more than the fact it's hot in Texas this summer or that
>Katrina caused a lot of damage. It is, after all, the Microsoft way:
>dishonesty in all things."
>
>http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/10/01/1548246.shtml?tid=29

Jeez it that the best that the anti-ms lobby can come uo with?

Talking about how good OS/2 was <groan> the followup comments
are well worth reading and put the 'story' into perspective.

Just at present I can't imagine what use a 50gb pressed disk would
be, even if it existed.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com


Posted by Imhotep on October 2, 2005, 7:28 pm
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Jim Watt wrote:

> wrote:
>
>>"Well, they've done it again. In prime-time. With malice aforethought. The
>>duplicitous droogs, the denizens of deep-doodoo, I'm talking about Bill
>>Gates' Microsoft: caught in a bald-faced lie about HD DVD-ROM discs. This
>>is news? Not any more than the fact it's hot in Texas this summer or that
>>Katrina caused a lot of damage. It is, after all, the Microsoft way:
>>dishonesty in all things."
>>
>>http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/10/01/1548246.shtml?tid=29
>
> Jeez it that the best that the anti-ms lobby can come uo with?

Ah no, there is a lot of data that can used here. Really, this article was
about M$ lying about the standard *they* want pushed. I imagine that the
Entertainment Industry wants MS to back HD DVD...

> Talking about how good OS/2 was <groan> the followup comments
> are well worth reading and put the 'story' into perspective.

Jim, the story was not about OS/2 at all. It was about how M$ lied about the
reason why Win95 was slower than OS/2 on a Pentium pro when MS knew all
along. Really, when you look at it you see the overall strategy MS uses.
Add a couple of facts in a soup of lies and hope no one researches the
recipe...

> Just at present I can't imagine what use a 50gb pressed disk would
> be, even if it existed.
> --
> Jim Watt
> http://www.gibnet.com

Imhotep


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