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Re: Microsoft good press over Longhorn



On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:18:56 -0600, 
Ray <ray.list@powerweb.net> wrote in message 
<[🔎] auto-000073684747@powerweb.net>:

> On Thursday 30 October 2003 10:41, Tom wrote:
> > Has anybody else been surprised by the amount of good press MS is
> > getting this week over longhorn?  I think people are looking at the
> > Mac OS9 -> OSX total rewrite and projecting wishes for MS to do
> > something as drastic.
> >
> > It's like watching somebody involved in a bad marriage: I'll just
> > stick by him/her, they're bound to change.  It's worth it, if only
> > for the kids.
> >
> > It's always interesting to watch 'em finally wake up.
> 
> the way i was looking at it is longhorn must be horrible if the 
> marketing has to get this much of a running start on reviews before 
> the actual scheduled release(was it 2006?).  if you heard there was a 
> movie/game/tech that had marketing running for 3 years before 
> release, wouldn't that be a sign of major suckage to you too?

..looks like they think they have us simmering in a legal pot thru their
marketing "development cycle", see http://groklaw.net/.   ;-)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.




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