Microsoft Resumes Ad Campaign nytimes.com
The computer software company warned that government restrictions ''will not only affect the thousands of companies that make this industry so successful, but it will also affect millions of consumers and, eventually, the economy in general.''
The world up in flames, if Bill doesn't get his way.
''These new tools in our operating systems allow people to do more and spark wave after wave of innovation,'' the advertisements said. ''Giving customers what they ask for -- isn't that the way the free market is supposed to work?''
Yeah. Like that retail Windows95, that's what the customers want. It's what Microsoft is giving them, isn't it? What's the matter with those OEMs? No wonder Bill treats them like dirt. From the other side:
''If that were the issue, ProComp would disband, the Justice Department would cease its investigation, and the news media would return to writing about Monica Lewinsky,'' Wasch said. ''Microsoft seems to employ the Henry Ford view of consumer choice -- 'You can have any color, as long as it is black.'
''In Microsoft's world, customers can buy whatever they want, as long as it is from Microsoft,'' he said.
He's so confused.
Cheers, Dan. |
