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Newsletter #464 Preview: Microsoft Resorts to More Lies to Prop Up Vista

October 19th, 2008

The phrase “don’t bother me with facts” is quite apt when it comes to marketing. Those who are most adept at the profession know just how to deliver a mixture of facts and illusion to entice you to buy their products or services.
Certainly, I think few of you would disagree that Windows became the best [...]


Newsletter #460 Preview: Microsoft Tries Again and Again to Find Itself

September 21st, 2008

You’d think a company that owns more than 90% of its primary market would understand how to sell its products and services. After all, isn’t that how they made it to the top?
Well, it appears Microsoft hasn’t found the going terribly easy when it comes to convincing individuals and companies that Windows Vista is impressive [...]


Why Microsoft Wants to Return to the 1990s

September 11th, 2008

Since I posted my observations about that boring vignette that passes for a Microsoft commercial, featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld, some of you have responded with your own comments. Most, I think, agreed with me that it was a yawner that seriously failed to deliver on its promise, which was to get you to [...]