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Prediction: This Statement Is Going To Come Back To Bite Microsoft In The Ass

9 points by MykalM 16y ago

mey 16y ago
Comment in question “It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that.“ -Microsoft COO Kevin Turner for people who like me aren't fan of TC Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exec_mocks_iPhone_4_dubs_it_Apple_s_Vista http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exe...
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tomjen3 16y ago
Hardly. People will mostly forget that statement, if they even heard it in the first place.
heyrhett 16y ago
Apple has 25%, Microsoft has 15%, RIM has 43% of the smartphone platform market share. That comment will only ever "bite microsoft in the ass" on techcrunch where consumers gossip about the cool new gizmos, and nobody cares about market share. http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/comScore_Reports_January_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/c...
- Gibbon 16y ago
  At the rate the smartphone market is changing, you need a more current report than that. http://www.changewaveresearch.com/articles/2010/07/smart_phones_20100714.html http://www.changewaveresearch.com/articles/2010/07/smart_pho... http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/15/millennial-media-report-has-apple-with-56-of-smartphone-market/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/15/millennial-media-report-has-a... Apple now has at least half the market and customer satisfaction surveys indicate that Apple is blowing everyone away.
lulin 16y ago
The real wtf in this article is the incredibly sexist comparison.
- vl 16y ago
  I actually feel confused here. While they obviously make comment from the point of view of heterosexual male, they do not degrade or defame women. Granted, they imply that heterosexual male can have feelings and be in relationship with female, but does it constitute "incredibly sexist comparison" to you? Would it be not sexist for you if it's phrased like this: "The iPhone 4 antenna issue is a scar on a beautiful significant other. You don’t break up with the significant other because of it, you work around it because of her or his other attributes. She or he might even put on some coverup (the bumper) so you don’t even notice it"?
  - NikkiA 16y ago
    Because it's saying 'well, it's good enough to own despite the flaws', it's objectification, and no it wouldn't be alright worded that way - it'd actually be ridiculous worded like that, but it wouldn't be alright worded any other way without completely rewriting it without the male privilege.
SnydenBitchy 16y ago
Fantastic analogy. I guess it was a slow day on the geek blogs for objectifying women.
jsz0 16y ago
A more apt comparison would be Red Ring of Death on the Xbox 360. An annoyance but the product is compelling enough for people to put up with it. There are lots of other fun parallels like Microsoft's slow response to admit there was a problem and their suggestion to put the 360 into a vertical position for better cooling (your entertainment center is holding it wrong)

9 points by MykalM 16y ago

mey 16y ago

Comment in question “It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that.“ -Microsoft COO Kevin Turner for people who like me aren't fan of TC Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exec_mocks_iPhone_4_dubs_it_Apple_s_Vista http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exe...

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tomjen3 16y ago

Hardly. People will mostly forget that statement, if they even heard it in the first place.

heyrhett 16y ago

Apple has 25%, Microsoft has 15%, RIM has 43% of the smartphone platform market share. That comment will only ever "bite microsoft in the ass" on techcrunch where consumers gossip about the cool new gizmos, and nobody cares about market share. http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/comScore_Reports_January_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/c...

Gibbon 16y ago
At the rate the smartphone market is changing, you need a more current report than that. http://www.changewaveresearch.com/articles/2010/07/smart_phones_20100714.html http://www.changewaveresearch.com/articles/2010/07/smart_pho... http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/15/millennial-media-report-has-apple-with-56-of-smartphone-market/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/15/millennial-media-report-has-a... Apple now has at least half the market and customer satisfaction surveys indicate that Apple is blowing everyone away.

lulin 16y ago

The real wtf in this article is the incredibly sexist comparison.

vl 16y ago
I actually feel confused here. While they obviously make comment from the point of view of heterosexual male, they do not degrade or defame women. Granted, they imply that heterosexual male can have feelings and be in relationship with female, but does it constitute "incredibly sexist comparison" to you? Would it be not sexist for you if it's phrased like this: "The iPhone 4 antenna issue is a scar on a beautiful significant other. You don’t break up with the significant other because of it, you work around it because of her or his other attributes. She or he might even put on some coverup (the bumper) so you don’t even notice it"?
- NikkiA 16y ago
  Because it's saying 'well, it's good enough to own despite the flaws', it's objectification, and no it wouldn't be alright worded that way - it'd actually be ridiculous worded like that, but it wouldn't be alright worded any other way without completely rewriting it without the male privilege.

SnydenBitchy 16y ago

Fantastic analogy. I guess it was a slow day on the geek blogs for objectifying women.

jsz0 16y ago

A more apt comparison would be Red Ring of Death on the Xbox 360. An annoyance but the product is compelling enough for people to put up with it. There are lots of other fun parallels like Microsoft's slow response to admit there was a problem and their suggestion to put the 360 into a vertical position for better cooling (your entertainment center is holding it wrong)