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Ärende: Re: Defending your own nonsense
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From: "Randy" <@>

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You're just as guilty.=20
  "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:4290ceaf@w3.nls.net...
     You should expect to be able to defend whatever nonsense you post.  =
If you post nonsense should you not expect to be called on it?  Should = you
not expect to defend it if questioned?  Maybe you and mike miller = believe
that you are above being challenged.  mike miller we all know = has an agenda. 
Look at just this thread to see how when questioned he = either changes the
topic or declares that he has nothing more to say = never actually defending
any of his claims.

  Rich

    "Randy" <@> wrote in message news:4290b4e2$1@w3.nls.net...
    In our little corner of the world, Shupak acts like a kid with a new =
chain=20
    saw: everything is game for cutting down.

    As for his behavior here, here's a thought: I don't belive that MSFT =
offers=20
    training on being a boorish duplicitous asshole-they activiely seek =
it out=20
    and reward it.

    Have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/legal/buscond/ and do =
a=20
    search for where the word "honest" appears.

    Then I saw this:

    "You may also call the Business Conduct Line at 1-877-320-MSFT =
(6738). If=20
    you are calling from outside the United States, you may make a =
collect call=20
    to the Business Conduct Line by accessing an international operator =
and=20
    asking to place a collect call to 1-704-540-0139. The Business =
Conduct Line=20
    is a dedicated, toll-free phone line that is available to you 24 =
hours a=20
    day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It is operated by an external=20
    third-party vendor that has trained professionals to take your =
calls, in=20
    confidence, and report your concerns to the Microsoft Director of =
Compliance=20
    for appropriate action. Your phone calls to the Business Conduct =
Line may be=20
    made anonymously. "

    'nuff said?


    "Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message=20
    news:fb0191li9skdil3l444686d38bgr5un24f@4ax.com...
    >
    > I think Joe Barr was just the first to see through Rich Shupak's
    > diversionary tactics [among other thigns] in online discussions.
    >
    > What I wonder is if Microsoft's online persona go through some =
manner of
    > training, because many of them seem to use the same tactics over =
and
    > over.
    >
    >  /m<shrug>
    >
    >
    > On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:18:26 -0500, "Randy" <@> wrote:
    >
    >>Who whould have thought that Joe Barr is right.
    >>  "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:428eb385@w3.nls.net...
    >>     I find it hard to believe you can be such an idiot and not =
know it.=20
    >> Read over your spin in this thread starting with your claims that =

    >> everyone except the itunes store is a loser.  You are saying more =
than=20
    >> the obvious that apple's investment in their itunes store is a =
bet.  I=20
    >> can't believe you have the audacity to state in one sentence that =
you are=20
    >> voicing no opinion on the itunes store both after doing so and =
before=20
    >> doing so again.  You are spinning so fast you can't see.
    >>
    >>     As for your follow on bullshit, there is no lock in and never =
was.=20
    >> Unlike apple, Microsoft provides choice.  Go ahead, continue your =

    >> dishonesty, and pretend you have none.  Make sure you mention how =
you=20
    >> have no choice everytime you mention your use any of the very =
large set=20
    >> of non-Microsoft hardware, software, and services Microsoft =
enables for=20
    >> Windows.
    >>
    >>  Rich
    >>
    >>    "Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message=20
    >> news:mg5t819ipve721e41u345o5l2ebiv5p3ev@4ax.com...
    >>    >   Keep spinning if that is what you need to live with =
yourself.
    >>
    >>    I live with myself just fine Rich.  I find no need to let =
computers
    >>    affect my living situation.  But I have to wonder why you are
    >>    projecting?
    >>
    >>
    >>    >   Do you really think the itunes store would sell the same =
if apple=20
    >> did not lock in ipod users so that this was the only store they =
can use?
    >>
    >>    I voice no opinion on the iTunes store.  I merely say that =
Apple's=20
    >> focus
    >>    is on iTunes and not necessarily iPod.   iPod is the means, =
iTunes is
    >>    the end.  And Microsoft is the also-ran, perhaps not even =
that.
    >>    Probably more of "too late to the party".
    >>
    >>    Whenever Microsoft feels the need to trot out Mr. Gates to =
expound=20
    >> upon
    >>    some "new direction", I know that Microsft has found themelves =
behind
    >>    the market leader and have belatedly realized that they need =
to try to
    >>    catch up.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>    >> If users are not locked in, why would they pick the itunes =
store?
    >>
    >>    Coming from a Microsoft employee, that is a very interesting =
comment.
    >>
    >>    I mean, if the users were not locked into Windows, would they =
have
    >>    chosen IE over Netscape?  It seems that Microsoft execs' =
emails=20
    >> entered
    >>    as evidence in the anti-trist trials have stated that =
Microsoft needed
    >>    to leverage the Windows monopoly in order to make IE the =
defacto=20
    >> browser
    >>    "of choice".
    >>
    >>    If the users were not locked in, would they choose WIndows =
Media in=20
    >> the
    >>    percentages that they currently do?
    >>
    >>     /m<probably not...>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>    On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:56:30 -0700, "Rich" <@> wrote:
    >>
    >>    >   Keep spinning if that is what you need to live with =
yourself.
    >>    >
    >>    >   Do you really think the itunes store would sell the same =
if apple=20
    >> did not lock in ipod users so that this was the only store they =
can use?
    >>    >
    >>    >   If users are not locked in, why would they pick the itunes =
store?
    >>    >
    >>    >Rich
    >>    >
    >>    >  "Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message=20
    >> news:s93t81dqsvf1bvef5vjpukf6n5ukvof7dp@4ax.com...
    >>    >
    >>    >  It must really suck for your employer to be the loser in =
the online
    >>    >  music race, eh Rich?
    >>    >
    >>    >  Despite what you are trying to spin me as saying, I am =
actually=20
    >> saying
    >>    >  that Apple is betting on iTunes (an/or its video =
successor), not=20
    >> iPod.
    >>    >  I say no more or no less.  Despite what you try to spin.
    >>    >
    >>    >  Give those rotator cuffs a rest for a change, will ya?
    >>    >
    >>    >   /m
    >>    >
    >>    >
    >>    >
    >>    >
    >>    >
    >>    >  On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:15:01 -0700, "Rich" <@> wrote:
    >>    >
    >>    >  >   If you weren't blinded by your agenda, mike, you could =
see the=20
    >> obvious and how silly you sound.
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >   Why will phones win out, for the same reason phones are =
winning=20
    >> over many PDA users?  Why carry two devices when you can carry =
one?
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >   Apple will follow Microsoft and I believe real in =
getting their=20
    >> software onto phones.  There is a difference from the ipod.  =
Unless apple=20
    >> restricts their OEM licensees from offering their users multiple =
choices,=20
    >> the phone manufacturers and carriers have no reason to lock in =
their=20
    >> customers to the itunes store like apple does.
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >Rich
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >  "Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message=20
    >> news:55ns81lbitvndvtrbj4407ueh8f7cbm5bo@4ax.com...
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >  It's not iPod that Apple is betting on, but iTunes (and =
its=20
    >> video
    >>    >  >  follow-up).  Apple is already putting iPod software on =
cell=20
    >> phones to
    >>    >  >  allow them to access iTunes.
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >  Gates' comment was more of a specious smokescreen than =
anything=20
    >> else.
    >>    >  >  Apple caught him napping in this space, and now he has =
to look=20
    >> like he
    >>    >  >  was out in front all along.
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >   /m
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >  On Fri, 20 May 2005 14:01:23 +0100, Adam=20
    >> <mmmmm_beer_mmmm_donuts@moes>
    >>    >  >  wrote:
    >>    >  >
    >>    >  >  >Randy wrote:
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  >> I just 1 GB on my phone via miniSD-and I want =
MORE....
    >>    >  >  >>
    >>    >  >  >> 500+ of AAC-encoded songs-sweet!
    >>    >  >  >>
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  >Ditto. I agree with Gates that the Ipod won't last & =
that the=20
    >> phones
    >>    >  >  >will eat it's lunch. I have a nokia 6230 which I got =
coz it has=20
    >> an MP3
    >>    >  >  >player & an fm radio....
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  >A mondo bizarro bit is that if you are listening to the =
radio=20
    >> or the mp3
    >>    >  >  >player & someone calls you get the selected ringing =
tones....so=20
    >> if like
    >>    >  >  >me you often set your phone to silent for meetings etc =
& then=20
    >> "forget"
    >>    >  >  >to re-enable the ringer....then you are left wondering =
what's=20
    >> going on
    >>    >  >  >coz the music/radio just suddenly goes....silent....
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  ><G>
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  >I had a look at the smart phones (Pocket pc, symbian =
etc) & was=20
    >> very
    >>    >  >  >impressed but @ the end of the day...I just wanted =
music +=20
    >> radio & a
    >>    >  >  >nice neat (small) phone.
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  >I like the way most of them now try wifi first for any =
net=20
    >> related things.
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  >I reckon we're 2-3 years out from most people's =
"personal"=20
    >> computer
    >>    >  >  >being the smartphone in their pocket.
    >>    >  >  >
    >>    >  >  >Adam
    >=20


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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>You're just as guilty. </FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV>"Rich" &lt;@&gt; wrote in message <A=20
  =
href=3D"news:4290ceaf@w3.nls.net">news:4290ceaf@w3.nls.net</A>...</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; You should expect to be =
able to=20
  defend whatever nonsense you post.&nbsp; If you post nonsense should =
you not=20
  expect to be called on it?&nbsp; Should you not expect to defend it if =

  questioned?&nbsp; Maybe you and mike miller believe that you are above =
being=20
  challenged.&nbsp; mike miller we all know has an agenda.&nbsp; Look at =
just=20
  this thread to see how when questioned he either changes the topic or =
declares=20
  that he has nothing more to say never actually defending any of his=20
  claims.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rich</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <BLOCKQUOTE=20
  style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
    <DIV>"Randy" &lt;@&gt; wrote in message <A=20
    =
href=3D"news:4290b4e2$1@w3.nls.net">news:4290b4e2$1@w3.nls.net</A>...</DI=
V>In=20
    our little corner of the world, Shupak acts like a kid with a new =
chain=20
    <BR>saw: everything is game for cutting down.<BR><BR>As for his =
behavior=20
    here, here's a thought: I don't belive that MSFT offers <BR>training =
on=20
    being a boorish duplicitous asshole-they activiely seek it out =
<BR>and=20
    reward it.<BR><BR>Have a look at <A=20
    =
href=3D"http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/legal/buscond/">http://www.micros=
oft.com/mscorp/legal/buscond/</A>=20
    and do a <BR>search for where the word "honest" appears.<BR><BR>Then =
I saw=20
    this:<BR><BR>"You may also call the Business Conduct Line at =
1-877-320-MSFT=20
    (6738). If <BR>you are calling from outside the United States, you =
may make=20
    a collect call <BR>to the Business Conduct Line by accessing an=20
    international operator and <BR>asking to place a collect call to=20
    1-704-540-0139. The Business Conduct Line <BR>is a dedicated, =
toll-free=20
    phone line that is available to you 24 hours a <BR>day, 7 days a =
week, 365=20
    days a year. It is operated by an external <BR>third-party vendor =
that has=20
    trained professionals to take your calls, in <BR>confidence, and =
report your=20
    concerns to the Microsoft Director of Compliance <BR>for appropriate =
action.=20
    Your phone calls to the Business Conduct Line may be <BR>made =
anonymously.=20
    "<BR><BR>'nuff said?<BR><BR><BR>"Mike '/m'" &lt;<A=20
    href=3D"mailto:mike@barkto.com">mike@barkto.com</A>&gt; wrote in =
message=20
    <BR><A=20
    =
href=3D"news:fb0191li9skdil3l444686d38bgr5un24f@4ax.com">news:fb0191li9sk=
dil3l444686d38bgr5un24f@4ax.com</A>...<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;=20
    I think Joe Barr was just the first to see through Rich =
Shupak's<BR>&gt;=20
    diversionary tactics [among other thigns] in online=20
    discussions.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; What I wonder is if Microsoft's online =
persona=20
    go through some manner of<BR>&gt; training, because many of them =
seem to use=20
    the same tactics over and<BR>&gt; over.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&nbsp;=20
    /m&lt;shrug&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; On Sun, 22 May 2005 00:18:26 =
-0500,=20
    "Randy" &lt;@&gt; wrote:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;Who whould have thought =
that Joe=20
    Barr is right.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp; "Rich" &lt;@&gt; wrote in message =
<A=20
    =
href=3D"news:428eb385@w3.nls.net">news:428eb385@w3.nls.net</A>...<BR>&gt;=
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    I find it hard to believe you can be such an idiot and not know it.=20
    <BR>&gt;&gt; Read over your spin in this thread starting with your =
claims=20
    that <BR>&gt;&gt; everyone except the itunes store is a loser.&nbsp; =
You are=20
    saying more than <BR>&gt;&gt; the obvious that apple's investment in =
their=20
    itunes store is a bet.&nbsp; I <BR>&gt;&gt; can't believe you have =
the=20
    audacity to state in one sentence that you are <BR>&gt;&gt; voicing =
no=20
    opinion on the itunes store both after doing so and before =
<BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    doing so again.&nbsp; You are spinning so fast you can't=20
    see.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As for your =
follow on=20
    bullshit, there is no lock in and never was. <BR>&gt;&gt; Unlike =
apple,=20
    Microsoft provides choice.&nbsp; Go ahead, continue your =
<BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    dishonesty, and pretend you have none.&nbsp; Make sure you mention =
how you=20
    <BR>&gt;&gt; have no choice everytime you mention your use any of =
the very=20
    large set <BR>&gt;&gt; of non-Microsoft hardware, software, and =
services=20
    Microsoft enables for <BR>&gt;&gt; =
Windows.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;=20
    Rich<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Mike '/m'" &lt;<A=20
    href=3D"mailto:mike@barkto.com">mike@barkto.com</A>&gt; wrote in =
message=20
    <BR>&gt;&gt; <A=20
    =
href=3D"news:mg5t819ipve721e41u345o5l2ebiv5p3ev@4ax.com">news:mg5t819ipve=
721e41u345o5l2ebiv5p3ev@4ax.com</A>...<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keep spinning if that is what you need to live with =

    yourself.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I live with =
myself just=20
    fine Rich.&nbsp; I find no need to let=20
    computers<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; affect my living =
situation.&nbsp;=20
    But I have to wonder why you are<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    projecting?<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you really think the itunes store would sell the =
same if=20
    apple <BR>&gt;&gt; did not lock in ipod users so that this was the =
only=20
    store they can use?<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I =
voice no=20
    opinion on the iTunes store.&nbsp; I merely say that Apple's =
<BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    focus<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is on iTunes and not necessarily =

    iPod.&nbsp;&nbsp; iPod is the means, iTunes =
is<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    the end.&nbsp; And Microsoft is the also-ran, perhaps not even=20
    that.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Probably more of "too late to =
the=20
    party".<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whenever Microsoft =
feels=20
    the need to trot out Mr. Gates to expound <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    upon<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; some "new direction", I know that =

    Microsft has found themelves behind<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
the market=20
    leader and have belatedly realized that they need to try=20
    to<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; catch=20
    =
up.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&gt; If users are not locked in, why would they pick the itunes=20
    store?<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Coming from a =
Microsoft=20
    employee, that is a very interesting=20
    comment.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I mean, if the =
users were=20
    not locked into Windows, would they =
have<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    chosen IE over Netscape?&nbsp; It seems that Microsoft execs' emails =

    <BR>&gt;&gt; entered<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; as evidence in =
the=20
    anti-trist trials have stated that Microsoft=20
    needed<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to leverage the Windows =
monopoly in=20
    order to make IE the defacto <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    browser<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "of=20
    choice".<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If the users were =
not=20
    locked in, would they choose WIndows Media in <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    the<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; percentages that they currently=20
    do?<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /m&lt;probably=20
    =
not...&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;=20
    On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:56:30 -0700, "Rich" &lt;@&gt;=20
    wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Keep=20
    spinning if that is what you need to live with=20
    yourself.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you really think the itunes store would sell the =
same if=20
    apple <BR>&gt;&gt; did not lock in ipod users so that this was the =
only=20
    store they can use?<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; If users are not =
locked=20
    in, why would they pick the itunes =
store?<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&gt;Rich<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; "Mike '/m'" &lt;<A=20
    href=3D"mailto:mike@barkto.com">mike@barkto.com</A>&gt; wrote in =
message=20
    <BR>&gt;&gt; <A=20
    =
href=3D"news:s93t81dqsvf1bvef5vjpukf6n5ukvof7dp@4ax.com">news:s93t81dqsvf=
1bvef5vjpukf6n5ukvof7dp@4ax.com</A>...<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; It must really suck =
for your=20
    employer to be the loser in the online<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =

    &gt;&nbsp; music race, eh Rich?<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Despite what you are =
trying to=20
    spin me as saying, I am actually <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    saying<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; that Apple is =
betting on=20
    iTunes (an/or its video successor), not <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    iPod.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; I say no more or no=20
    less.&nbsp; Despite what you try to =
spin.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Give those rotator =
cuffs a=20
    rest for a change, will ya?<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    /m<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:15:01 -0700, "Rich" &lt;@&gt;=20
    wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you weren't blinded by your agenda, =
mike, you=20
    could see the <BR>&gt;&gt; obvious and how silly you=20
    sound.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Why =
will=20
    phones win out, for the same reason phones are winning <BR>&gt;&gt; =
over=20
    many PDA users?&nbsp; Why carry two devices when you can carry=20
    one?<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apple =
will=20
    follow Microsoft and I believe real in getting their <BR>&gt;&gt; =
software=20
    onto phones.&nbsp; There is a difference from the ipod.&nbsp; Unless =
apple=20
    <BR>&gt;&gt; restricts their OEM licensees from offering their users =

    multiple choices, <BR>&gt;&gt; the phone manufacturers and carriers =
have no=20
    reason to lock in their <BR>&gt;&gt; customers to the itunes store =
like=20
    apple does.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;Rich<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; "Mike '/m'" =
&lt;<A=20
    href=3D"mailto:mike@barkto.com">mike@barkto.com</A>&gt; wrote in =
message=20
    <BR>&gt;&gt; <A=20
    =
href=3D"news:55ns81lbitvndvtrbj4407ueh8f7cbm5bo@4ax.com">news:55ns81lbitv=
ndvtrbj4407ueh8f7cbm5bo@4ax.com</A>...<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; =
It's not=20
    iPod that Apple is betting on, but iTunes (and its <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    video<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; =
follow-up).&nbsp;=20
    Apple is already putting iPod software on cell <BR>&gt;&gt; phones=20
    to<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; allow them to =
access=20
    iTunes.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Gates' =
comment was=20
    more of a specious smokescreen than anything <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    else.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Apple =
caught him=20
    napping in this space, and now he has to look <BR>&gt;&gt; like=20
    he<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; was out in =
front all=20
    along.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    /m<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; On Fri, 20 =
May 2005=20
    14:01:23 +0100, Adam <BR>&gt;&gt; &lt;<A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:mmmmm_beer_mmmm_donuts@moes">mmmmm_beer_mmmm_donuts@moes</=
A>&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;Randy=20
    wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&gt; I =
just 1=20
    GB on my phone via miniSD-and I want =
MORE....<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&gt; 500+ of AAC-encoded=20
    songs-sweet!<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;Ditto. =
I agree=20
    with Gates that the Ipod won't last &amp; that the <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    phones<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;will =
eat it's=20
    lunch. I have a nokia 6230 which I got coz it has <BR>&gt;&gt; an=20
    MP3<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;player =
&amp; an=20
    fm radio....<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;A mondo =
bizarro=20
    bit is that if you are listening to the radio <BR>&gt;&gt; or the=20
    mp3<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;player =
&amp;=20
    someone calls you get the selected ringing tones....so <BR>&gt;&gt; =
if=20
    like<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;me you =
often=20
    set your phone to silent for meetings etc &amp; then <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    "forget"<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;to=20
    re-enable the ringer....then you are left wondering what's =
<BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    going on<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;coz =
the=20
    music/radio just suddenly =
goes....silent....<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&lt;G&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; =
&gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;I had a =
look at=20
    the smart phones (Pocket pc, symbian etc) &amp; was <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    very<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; =
&gt;impressed but @=20
    the end of the day...I just wanted music + <BR>&gt;&gt; radio &amp;=20
    a<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;nice neat =
(small)=20
    phone.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;I like =
the way=20
    most of them now try wifi first for any net <BR>&gt;&gt; related=20
    things.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;I =
reckon we're=20
    2-3 years out from most people's "personal" <BR>&gt;&gt;=20
    computer<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; =
&gt;being the=20
    smartphone in their pocket.<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; =

    &gt;&nbsp; &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;=20
    &gt;Adam<BR>&gt; <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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