Chuqi takes Scoble to task

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I also don't understand how Scoble seems to equate Vista with everything but the OS. It almost seems that he's saying, "You can do everything you want *without* the OS, so why should we talk about it?" That's not the kind of talk that inspires confidence (or evangelists!), and if I were an MS investor, I'd be selling.

Tony, good point about the ubiquity of Windoze, and I concur based on my experience with extended family members (uncomprehending stares when I try to explain that a Mac is not just an overpriced Dell). I'd extend the point to evangelism: to a Windoze user, there is no need to evangelize, because everyone already uses Windoze already, right? God help us if Apple ever becomes the dominant platform. If I were Jobs, I'd shoot for 10-15% of the market; once there, I'd raise prices. (I'm kidding. I think.)

Scooby's reply to the 'name calling' about the OS is to list a bunch of MS HARDware 'achievements'? Ha! I thought we were discussing SOFTware Robert. Tablet PCs and a subscription based SPOT(y) wristwatch? Sign me up! lol. Did'ja notice he ends every sentence with "no need to wait for Vista!" He's right, we wont...

My grandfather was a Ford executive in the fifties and sixties, and he always said that if you wanted to know GMs weaknesses, just look at their advertising. Nowadays, it's apparent that if you want to know what's wrong with Microsoft, all you have to do is read Scoble's blog. Tablet PCs, MSN direct Watches...What's next at Microsoft, the re-introduction of the hand held Scanner? What's wrong with Microsoft is that they're really not set up to innovate, just to copy and cheapen things. They can't embrace technologies made by other companies, and, instead, rush their own competing technology to market, foisting the schlock on the unsuspecting public, calling their technology the "industry standard' when what it really is is just plain crap. They're inattentive to detail, and they've been able to get away with that for the past decade. Now that we're seeing Apple gaining market share and respect both in the press and in the consumer world, Microsoft's stumbling. I think there's not going to be a quick correction to this because, like GM, Microsoft's corporate culture of "We're better no matter what" is so ingrained that they're oblivious to what's really going on. Microsoft's stumbling isgoing to snowball. This is why I love the Intel deal. Intel has spent a lot of time and money making their chip the "perceived" class of the field by giving their chips snazzy names, and that four note chime that gives me nightmares. Don't underestimate the Intel branding in Microsoft's dominance equation. And, when Apple starts switching over to Intel, that part of the equation will be obliterated, because there's going to be the obligatory bench test comparisons between the winx86 and the macx86. When consumers see that Mac can blow by Windows, on an Intel processor, with dogged good looks, security, and stability, they're really going to see Vista for what it is, the Emperors New Clothes. Yes, hating Microsoft is my obsession :)

Courtesy of one of the commentors in that Scoble post above, the real meaning behind the choice of "Vista" as the new name. It's an acronym: "Virus Infections, Spyware, Trojan (Horses) & Adware" Says it all...

What I loved about his little hissy was how he pointed to tablet computing (dead-end tech, or at least it will be until Apple makes one), system-integrated "smart" phones and those "MSN Direct Watches" as reasons why Mac users should be so smug. We're not supposed to be smug about the Mac being better than Windows because of three dead-end technologies? What a maroon!

I find Robert childish. He dares talk about hardware unit sales and never talks about the iPod once. A comment i made: 'ROBERT: "Jamesl: that reminds me of the MacWorld 96 Tshirts we did: "Sucks Less." I think we should do those for Vista. Heh. " ME : Copy an apple idea from nearly 10 years ago... Is that a new route for Microsoft these days? What next, a huge poster with the 'New' Windows Flag with the caption "Introducing Mac OS X.5" Robert, Mac users have always took the 'mick' out of Windows' names, you take the 'mick' out of how many games we have... thus it makes Unix as a whole suck. '

Now, Laurie, I don't mean to be contrarian, but the reason hardly anyone says "my computer runs windows" is because to the majority of people computer = windows. To them, that would be like saying "i'm a person. I breath air." So, like environmentalists, a lot of Mac users feel the need to try to describe the benefits of using a Mac. But, extending my previous analogy a bit farther, that is like telling someone the only air they've ever known is dirty. Unless they have some reason to believe you, they will just have to find out for themeselves.

I actually had to have the "windows vs. mac" debate the other day with my uncle. My cousin asked me about a movie editing program. She said "all I want to do is past movies in, add some text and some music then burn it to a DVD." Simple: iMovie. I suggest this, then my uncle comes in. "Oh, don't listen to him, he's part of the Apple cult and will sucker you into buying a "pretty" computer that doesn.'t perform." He basically gave the same tired arguments about lack of software, price and they are slower. When I mentioned that iMovie (along with the other iApps) were free, he replied "Apple has to give them away because they are so bad." Seriously, it was like arguing with a 2 year old. He never even used a Mac in his life, yet he is so quick to DEFEND Windows. It's funny too, because before he knew I was a Mac user, he used to ask me how to fix his PC. Fishes, narco.