http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328679,00.asp

Perhaps the Seinfeld plan can help Microsoft most in the consumer
space, where Apple's new, near 10-percent market share is making the
most ground.

Can Seinfeld provide a compelling reason for Joe-consumer to choose
Vista over a Mac? I doubt it.

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>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328679,00.asp
>
> Perhaps the Seinfeld plan can help Microsoft most in the consumer
> space, where Apple's new, near 10-percent market share is making the
> most ground.
>
> Can Seinfeld provide a compelling reason for Joe-consumer to choose
> Vista over a Mac? I doubt it.
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....and your marketing experience that allows you to make that statement
is...?

Vista Ultimate on store shelves at $80 (academic price) with a $10 discount
toward the in-store purchase of additional RAM would spur sales. Seems there
are better places to put ten mil.


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>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328679,00.asp
>
> Perhaps the Seinfeld plan can help Microsoft most in the consumer
> space, where Apple's new, near 10-percent market share is making the
> most ground.
>
> Can Seinfeld provide a compelling reason for Joe-consumer to choose
> Vista over a Mac? I doubt it.
>

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:14:43 -0700, Frank <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328679,00.asp
>>
>> Perhaps the Seinfeld plan can help Microsoft most in the consumer
>> space, where Apple's new, near 10-percent market share is making the
>> most ground.
>>
>> Can Seinfeld provide a compelling reason for Joe-consumer to choose
>> Vista over a Mac? I doubt it.
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>...and your marketing experience that allows you to make that statement
>is...?

Frank again proving he's just a dumb **** that knows nothing.

People don't pick a PC based on who's pitching them on TV. Microsoft
is a household name. Everybody interested in or already having a PC
already knows who they are and probably have heard the horror stories
about Vista. One thing I've noticed is both the major movie studios
and several popular TV shows when having a computer in some scene
almost always show a APPLE these days. That probably sends a stronger
message than any pitchman could. It's the "in" computer. Hint: You
want to be part of the "in crowd" get a Mac.

If Microsoft wants to push Vista, they should hire George Bush. He's
available in January. The theme could be if this moron and all around
jackass can run Vista, you can too. It would at least corner the
dumbass market. After all, Frank claims he has 17 installs, he such a
Microsoft worshiper, Microsoft should hire Frank. ;-)

On Aug 22, 6:19 pm, Ringmaster <big...@VistaGeneralCircus.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:14:43 -0700, Frank <fr...@nospom.org> wrote:
> >cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:

> If Microsoft wants to push Vista, they should hire George Bush. He's
> available in January. The theme could be if this moron and all around
> jackass can run Vista, you can too. It would at least corner the
> dumbass market. After all, Frank claims he has 17 installs, he such a
> Microsoft worshiper, Microsoft should hire Frank. ;-)

ROTFLMAO !


" Hi, I'm George Bush, and this is

The Blue Screen of Death

One of the many great features of Microsoft Vista;

Ringmaster, Frank's #1 ass licker wrote:

>
> Frank again proving he's just a dumb **** that knows nothing.

Hahaha...just continue to read what this fukkin idiot wrote and you'll
quickly discover just who the dumb **** really is!...LOL!

>
> People don't pick a PC based on who's pitching them on TV.

You know this because...you have some "professional" marketing experience?
Well?

Microsoft
> is a household name. Everybody interested in or already having a PC
> already knows who they are and probably have heard the horror stories
> about Vista.

A stupid, uninformed/ill informed ASSumption on your part (as usual).

One thing I've noticed is both the major movie studios
> and several popular TV shows when having a computer in some scene
> almost always show a APPLE these days.

Duh! That has been the norm now for yrs!
Are you just now discovering this fact? Figures!

That probably sends a stronger
> message than any pitchman could.

If you've ever seen and know the Apple logo it will possibly mean
something to you.
Apple spent a fortune advertising that logo...guess where...on TV.

It's the "in" computer. Hint: You
> want to be part of the "in crowd" get a Mac.

...."in crowd"? OMG! You're completely out of touch.
>
> If Microsoft wants to push Vista, they should hire George Bush. He's
> available in January. The theme could be if this moron and all around
> jackass can run Vista, you can too.

So what is your excuse for you not being able to run Vista huh? Hahaha!

It would at least corner the
> dumbass market.

Is that why you're using Vista?

After all, Frank claims he has 17 installs,...

Yes, I do. That is counting my office and my personal installs and guess
what?
They all work just fine!

he such a
> Microsoft worshiper, Microsoft should hire Frank. ;-)

You're really, easily confused aren't you? You know that is a true sign
of stupidity, something you've exhibited in here from day one.
You call anyone who can properly install, configure and run a "fanboy or
a Microsoft worshiper". Is that supposed to divert attention away from
the fact that you're a stupid, incompetent, pompous big mouth asshole
loser who has no idea what they're doing?
You've been doing that all of your miserable POS excuse for a life
haven't you?
You're a real loser!...LOL!

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:12:10 -0700, "iPC" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Vista Ultimate on store shelves at $80 (academic price) with a $10 discount
>toward the in-store purchase of additional RAM would spur sales. Seems there
>are better places to put ten mil.

While 2007 profits were over $14 billion, and the $10 million is a
drop in the proverbial bucket, it wouldn't fund your idea for very
long.

Spread that $10 million out over the 100 million copies of Vista
already sold at retail as reported January of this year:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1079)

and there would be a 10-cent savings per copy sold.

DDW
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DDW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:12:10 -0700, "iPC" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Vista Ultimate on store shelves at $80 (academic price) with a $10
>>discount toward the in-store purchase of additional RAM would spur
>>sales. Seems there are better places to put ten mil.
>
> While 2007 profits were over $14 billion, and the $10 million is a
> drop in the proverbial bucket, it wouldn't fund your idea for very
> long.
>
> Spread that $10 million out over the 100 million copies of Vista
> already sold at retail as reported January of this year:
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1079)

Absolutely NOT 100M + sold as retail. 90% or more just plain forced OEM
sales & volume licensing. 100M retail is impossible.....(at this stage)

I personally don't know anyone that went out and bought a retail Vista.

Read the other link at the bottom of the page you linked to entitled...

About those 100 million Vista licenses…

DDW wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:12:10 -0700, "iPC" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> Vista Ultimate on store shelves at $80 (academic price) with a $10 discount
>> toward the in-store purchase of additional RAM would spur sales. Seems there
>> are better places to put ten mil.
>
> While 2007 profits were over $14 billion, and the $10 million is a
> drop in the proverbial bucket, it wouldn't fund your idea for very
> long.
>
> Spread that $10 million out over the 100 million copies of Vista
> already sold at retail as reported January of this year:
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1079)
>
> and there would be a 10-cent savings per copy sold.
>
> DDW
> --
> Reply via this group only
> All email will be rejected

Well, scratch the make the customer happy idea to promote sales. All
we're gonna get is yada, yada, yada.

Alias

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328679,00.asp

"Microsoft needs to find a way to get corporations, governments,
and agencies to stop stalling and embrace Vista. That'll take
some work because the companies most likely to buy and upgrade
to Vista held off for a few reasons."

What the author gets wrong is that people (and corporations, and
governments) generally don't "upgrade" their OS. They simply aquire a
new OS when they throw away their current PC and buy a new one. This is
how most people made the shift away from win-98 to XP.

If the PC that happens to be on the desk at work (at home, at the
corporate office cubicle, etc) is working, and it has XP on it, then it
will continue to sit there and keep working.

There is no inherent motivation for cash-strapped US consumers (and US
federal, state and local governments) to replace working computers with
new ones, let alone go out and buy a Vista license and then sit there
and install it.

And don't forget all the FUD (largely true) put out by Micro$oft on the
eve of Vista retail availability that most existing XP PC's didn't have
the horsepower to run Vista. If that wasn't motivation enough for most
people to stick with XP, then I don't know what is.

And now the tech journalists are wondering why Vista adoption is slow?
They are so out of touch with the REAL computer scene it's unreal. They
forget that the vast bulk of computer users are NOT gamers, modders,
system builders or hobbyists.