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Originally Posted by KTrain
But if it works, their sales go through the roof and they change the perception of Microsoft, are they pathetic or was it a "genius" move?
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That's a good point, and you're right. If it makes them a pile of money and changes the way they're looked upon, then I'll be stuck eating my hat.
I'll have no problem admitting I am wrong if that happens.
Having said all that, I saw a commercial from them last night that I thought was great. It was something about some regular girl sending in suggestions and them listening to her by adding it to Windows 7. It ended with something like, "Windows 7, I helped build it."
While most techies will know that she didn't help build it, and what they're really referring to is that intrusive "Windows just crashed, click this button to send us a log of everything you've done on your PC since the last time it crashed, so we can... uhhh... fix that." message, but still... the commercial was a good message and stuff like that gets me thinking they're going in the right direction.
I almost wonder if one faction of the company is trying to move on in a new direction (with Windows 7 and the new commercials), but Steve Balmer and his goons are trying to stay in the same old model (the blatantly obvious retail store sham).