I found an article about Dell bringing back Windows XP based computers in their product lineup (as opposed to selling only Vista-based systems). For those interested in the details, here is the link.
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What puzzles me is the reaction from the Microsoft product manager, who is quoted as saying:
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"Dell is responding appropriately to a small minority of customers that had this specific request. But, as they have said before, the vast majority of consumers want the latest and greatest technology, and that includes Windows Vista."
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Is it necessary to refer to those customers as "small minority" and their requests "specific"? Or even to add the line about "latest and greatest" technology?
I as a reader felt like this guy was downplaying the said requests and trying to force the readers to think that Vista was the only way to go instead of praising Dell for what they did.
My take on comments like that is, it will backfire. Instead of convincing me to choose Vista over XP, he only helped me lose more faith in Microsoft. Or is it only me?
http://
What puzzles me is the reaction from the Microsoft product manager, who is quoted as saying:
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"Dell is responding appropriately to a small minority of customers that had this specific request. But, as they have said before, the vast majority of consumers want the latest and greatest technology, and that includes Windows Vista."
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Is it necessary to refer to those customers as "small minority" and their requests "specific"? Or even to add the line about "latest and greatest" technology?
I as a reader felt like this guy was downplaying the said requests and trying to force the readers to think that Vista was the only way to go instead of praising Dell for what they did.
My take on comments like that is, it will backfire. Instead of convincing me to choose Vista over XP, he only helped me lose more faith in Microsoft. Or is it only me?
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It's all PR talk. As a company seeking for profit, they can't really make a public comment that might cast negative light on the latest release of their product. So, I would just interpret it as such.
>trying to force the readers to think that Vista was the only way to go
Yep. As the product manager, that is what he is supposed to be doing (to promote and sell their latest version). I would be surprised if anybody from Microsoft made any negative comments about their latest offerings publicly even if that means a lie.
>trying to force the readers to think that Vista was the only way to go
Yep. As the product manager, that is what he is supposed to be doing (to promote and sell their latest version). I would be surprised if anybody from Microsoft made any negative comments about their latest offerings publicly even if that means a lie.
>> I would be surprised if anybody from Microsoft made any
>> negative comments about their latest offerings publicly
>> even if that means a lie.
I agree. What I'm wondering is, did he have to even mention Vista in that context? He was apparently asked about Dell's move to reinstate XP-preinstalled computers. All he would've had to say was Dell was doing the right thing to satisfy a certain segment of their user base (or something to that effect). The sentence after "But" was totally unnecessary, because IMO praising Dell's move per se does not constitute a negative comment about Vista.
>> Linux users don't have to follow the same path.
Hehehehehe.
>> negative comments about their latest offerings publicly
>> even if that means a lie.
I agree. What I'm wondering is, did he have to even mention Vista in that context? He was apparently asked about Dell's move to reinstate XP-preinstalled computers. All he would've had to say was Dell was doing the right thing to satisfy a certain segment of their user base (or something to that effect). The sentence after "But" was totally unnecessary, because IMO praising Dell's move per se does not constitute a negative comment about Vista.
>> Linux users don't have to follow the same path.
Hehehehehe.
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