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I hope nobody is surprised by this. Microsoft delays "smart display" push. Microsoft won't deliver Windows CE for Smart Displays for the holidays, delaying until at least the first quarter of 2003 portable monitors that use the software. [CNET News.com]
Tablet PC's, wireless devices and the convergent Home LAN - just took a hit.
Tatoo this on your forehead: "The world's most valuable company got there by lying, FUD, being a monopoloist and not being able to ship code on time. They have consistently over the years announced new software intitiatives - either to back out, delay or completely revamp what they announce in public."
I was once at a software developer's meeting at Microsoft - when they announced they were no longer supposrting OS/2. Most of the developers in the room were happy, except for the poor schmuck sitting next to me.
He had mortgaged his house, and was about to see his company go - "bye-bye". So the moral of the story is - don't believe Microsoft - they're followers, not leaders.
They let us do the innovating and then steal it - and get away with it - over and over again. [Marc's Voice] Comments over at Marc's
John Gruber: "Bad marketing is one thing. Bald-faced lying is another." [Scripting News]
Microsoft Make-Up. The details of the switcher article, however amusing, are not important. The real story is that at Microsoft -- indisputably one of the most powerful, most successful corporations in the world -- it is standard operating procedure to fabricate customer testimonials... [Daring Fireball] [dws.]
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