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Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Vista 7, Windows at 6:16 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Vista 7 issues persist and Microsoft’s friend NPD does its usual shilling by delivering meaningless, selective, rigged statistics
EARLIER this week we gave some examples of compatibility problems in Vista 7 [1, 2]. We saw it coming (with evidence) months ago [1, 2].
As the following post shows, where GNU/Linux has compatibility issues Microsoft is sometimes the cause. Microsoft is being trailed for violations in Europe over these matters, but cronyism stands in the way.
=> ↺ the following post shows | cronyism stands in the way
The Danish TV station TV 2 has been using Microsoft’s Media player to display its content on Sputnik for a long time. This has caused several problems, especially for those not using Windows or Internet Explorer.
As another new item about Windows, consider the following video which shows Vista 7 crashing on Japanese television. We gave 2 similar examples from Japanese television stations just over a week ago.
=> ↺ the following video | 2 similar examples from Japanese television stations just over a week ago
I loved the two clips from Japanese television demonstrating the new Windows 7 release – or rather, demonstrating that it still crashes!
It ought to be added that Microsoft is currently lying (with style) about sales figures, just as we anticipated. The same Microsoft-leaning NPD which said Linux had 4% market share in sub-notebooks (the real figure is somewhere around 30%) uses the usual tricks for clients like Microsoft. That’s how NPD makes money.
=> Microsoft-leaning NPD | the real figure is somewhere around 30%
Readers have told us about ways in which Microsoft miscounts Vista 7 sales and sometimes offers massive discounts in particular shops, maybe precisely those where NPD is counting (they only use a sample and extrapolate wildly). Those who know NPD’s history with Microsoft will also know that the Zune never became the hit NPD said it would be; NPD and Microsoft are one heck of a mischievous pair which even fellow analysts ridiculed for delivering incomplete numbers and lying with a straight face (it’s the “obligation to shareholders”). The sad thing is that there is no law against lies of this kind. We will probably elaborate on this later. █
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