Considering he's dead; he's not looking anyway. He may be faced up, considering most dead are buried face up. If he was cremated, I guess he's facing all different directions?
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Considering he's dead; he's not looking anyway. He may be faced up, considering most dead are buried face up. If he was cremated, I guess he's facing all different directions?
He wouldn't be facing anywhere because since he'd dead he has no sense of direction.
He wouldn't be facing anywhere because since he'd dead he has no sense of direction.
His corpse would be facing a direction.
Why care about Microsoft at all? They are a distant third. Only reason would be that gloating at Android really doesn't work as well as it used to anymore.
Because the thread is about microsoft? lol Most discussions include android, it's just this one is now about microsoft.
The Surface Pro is tempting, especially that the pen input now works on programs like Photoshop or Illustrator. Then again apparently Wacom has their own tablet coming out... of course who knows what OS it will run.
I love my original iPad, but a Wacom digitizer on a tablet computer that can run a full version of Photoshop or an animation program like Flash or Toon Boom could be a great tool for an artist like myself. Not to say that the Surface Pro perfect, but still a tempting idea, even if it's a pricey one.
I love my original iPad, but a Wacom digitizer on a tablet computer that can run a full version of Photoshop or an animation program like Flash or Toon Boom could be a great tool for an artist like myself. Not to say that the Surface Pro perfect, but still a tempting idea, even if it's a pricey one.
It's a question that often gets asked, but the answer is easy: Because Microsoft still makes boatloads of profit. He might come across as a cringeworthy blundering buffoon who lumbers onto the stage like a big sweaty monkey, but he sure knows how to make money.
You could argue that MS might have made more money if he wasn't there, but it's difficult to get rid of a CEO when the company has been hugely profitable every year since he took over.
Except for the sweaty buffoon part, this could be a reply for anyone asking why Tim Cook is still CEO of Apple. The next iPhone might end up being meh, but Cook will most likely still be CEO, because Apple is making a lot of money...
Come to think of it, when I upgraded from iPad 2 to 4 I looked into getting a surface (this was 6-7 months ago iirc), but gave up the idea because I didn't want the crippled experience the RT offered on comparison to the Pro (which was way too expensive). Maybe they should ditch the RT entirely and offer another version of the pro. Maybe one with - say - a smaller display, but without providing 2 different user experiences on their platform.
Actually the articles I've read is that most of the company is not happy with the performance that he is doing; and other people at the top have been wanting to get rid of him. There are two problems, he has done a good job of eliminating those who stand up to him, thus no one wants to say anything. And second the only people that can remove him are the board of directors, and he has control of them. Thus no one can unseat him.
bump bump bump, another one bites the dust... and another one and another one ....
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Yet most of the people working with him would do it again.
Seriously, if you call Steve Jobs a "terrible human being" then you must live a really sheltered life.
It should be, in a rational market without any manipulation. Would you claim that AAPL trades in a rational market without any manipulation?
Knew this was going to turn out to be a circle jerk even before I clicked the comments section.
Kind of funny how much more active Microsoft and Google articles are on this site compared to Apple articles.
Also, let us ignore the Qualcomm refreshed Surface RT that is looming and the fact that the Pro did not get a cut in it's price.
Kind of funny how much more active Microsoft and Google articles are on this site compared to Apple articles.
Also, let us ignore the Qualcomm refreshed Surface RT that is looming and the fact that the Pro did not get a cut in it's price.
The problem is the Pro is the actual cool device/ultrabook replacement, but it's WAY too expensive to be seriously considered by anyone but MS fanboys for what it does.
MS is at least finally correcting a major issue with their initial campaign for the Surface, they now have commercials showing me what their product actually does. At first I thought I just had to buy trendy work clothes and dance with one.
He wouldn't be facing anywhere because since he'd dead he has no sense of direction.
I read that bit and immediately thought "Apple Maps"
I've thought about this, but I cannot use photoshop efficiently without a keyboard, nor any other pro desktop apps. I'd end up switching to an app redesigned for the tablet experience, in which case the iPad would have sufficed, or hunched over the tiny screen and keyboard at a desk wishing I was on a real computer.
Aye, good point. Must've hurt, though -- to sink a lot of money into a G5 Quad only for them to go to Intel the year afterwards
Didn't really affect me because I got as long out of the G5 as id got out of any computer. I used to purchase a new computer about every 2-3 years. Now I tend to do it pretty much yearly.
I have an RT and think it is pretty good. ----- .until you realize microsoft has created a touch screen laptop with a screen that is too small and a lousy $100 membrane keyboard. AND then you realize it is a touch screen crappy netbook with an ARM processor that runs one Windows application and a bunch of widgets you don't need since you already have an iPad.
Ridiculous Tablet.
Some disgruntled dev played a joke on the ol' softie!
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