http://gapingvoid.com/2007/02/16/why-microsoft/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://gapingvoid.com/2007/02/16/why-microsoft/#comment-17121 Geoff Lane Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:38:36 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3529#comment-17121 I pretty much live a Microsoft free life thank God. The idea of Microsoft getting to run my home could only be compared to the last page of "1984"... "If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot, stamping on a human face forever." I pretty much live a Microsoft free life thank God.
The idea of Microsoft getting to run my home could only be compared to the last page of “1984”…
“If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot, stamping on a human face forever.”

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2007/02/16/why-microsoft/#comment-17120 John Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:52:48 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3529#comment-17120 So, in short, because Microsoft is pursuing a totalitarian vision, it's better to be on their side. At least he's honest. So, in short, because Microsoft is pursuing a totalitarian vision, it’s better to be on their side. At least he’s honest.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2007/02/16/why-microsoft/#comment-17119 Mike Peter Reed Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:44:44 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3529#comment-17119 With all respect, he's no Guy Kawasaki is he. As for Michael's subjective opinion on the 'digital home', I remember digital locks from the 1980s. Where are they now? Microsoft first needs to prevent itself from being a "me too" company and position itself as the leader in a fair marketplace. Then it needs to go off at a tangent and show us it has some balls and isn't all about appeasing shareholders with OEM sales of Operating Systems and office software - real people do read the SEC filings too, you know. With all respect, he’s no Guy Kawasaki is he.
As for Michael’s subjective opinion on the ‘digital home’, I remember digital locks from the 1980s. Where are they now?
Microsoft first needs to prevent itself from being a “me too” company and position itself as the leader in a fair marketplace. Then it needs to go off at a tangent and show us it has some balls and isn’t all about appeasing shareholders with OEM sales of Operating Systems and office software — real people do read the SEC filings too, you know.

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