Author Topic: Microsoft on the verge of imploding? Apple monopoly incoming?! (Read 2489 times)

The Fake Shemp · « **on:** June 01, 2010, 12:13:15 PM »

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I could go on, but you get the drift. Just about every big project at Microsoft has failed for a very long time. The company's share price has stagnated through the decade, and the world is turning away from the traditional computers that Redmond loves, instead relying more on mobile gadgets, where Microsoft is losing badly. Ballmer is good with numbers and is a Harvard-educated businessman, but have you ever seen him make a correct call on technology trends?

Microsoft. :'(

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:13:58 PM »

MS going third party. Blinx Triology for PS4 launch confirmed!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:15:39 PM »

Nintendo buys Microsoft confirmed

Himu · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:23:53 PM »

I think it's a bit sensational, though. 360 has helped lead the way of the defeat of Sony as the lead console maker, Zune players...while not being nearly as popular as Ipod are probably the best mp3 players out there right now, XP was a great success and continues to be and 7 is probably better than XP.

MCD · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:25:43 PM »

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:27:50 PM »

Just needs a new CEO.

Microsoft's problems are the ones i complain about, but they won't kill MS at all.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:28:08 PM »

They still own the desktop computer market, and it's not like the relevance of them will disappear anytime soon. Seems like they have time to get their other shit together

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #7 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:31:13 PM »

Or do they? Everyone is jumping ship! Someone call Prole, and tell him to get his resume ready!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #8 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:42:33 PM »

Drinky is gonna' be forced to program touch based hentai games for iPad 2.0 :'(

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:47:42 PM »

courier

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #10 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:53:23 PM »

Finally, god gives the deserving their deserving.

RIP Microsoft, you always were terrible and tried to use money to kill all your competitors, even though they ended up owning you with true, quality products.

ManaByte · « **Reply #11 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:56:43 PM »

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 01, 2010, 12:53:23 PM

Finally, god gives the deserving their deserving.

RIP Microsoft, you always were terrible and tried to use money to kill all your competitors, even though they ended up owning you with true, quality products.

MS owns part of Apple. But you're too dirt stupid to know that you fucking piece of horse shit.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #12 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:58:22 PM »

man, he gets you every single time

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #13 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:58:26 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #14 on:** June 01, 2010, 12:59:04 PM »

hatred based on company affiliation, I love it

Beezy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:07:16 PM »

manabyte

Barry Egan · « **Reply #16 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:15:26 PM »

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 01, 2010, 12:53:23 PM

god gives the deserving their deserving.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #17 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:17:54 PM »

That is some amazing writing right there.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #18 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:19:21 PM »

it's like someone hit him in the temple with a hammer and then sat him down in front of the computer

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #19 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:24:00 PM »

Score a big one for Ninty! I knew Reggie could do it. He's about kicking ass and making games! *hugs Nintendo DS and Wii*

ManaByte · « **Reply #20 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:24:19 PM »

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #21 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:27:25 PM »

oh shit!

i'mma sell my shares, it's all over :'(

spoiler (click to show/hide)

cupertino

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border · « **Reply #22 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:34:47 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on June 01, 2010, 12:56:43 PM

MS owns part of Apple. But you're too dirt stupid to know that you fucking piece of horse shit.

Microsoft sold most of their interest in Apple nearly 7 years ago. They don't "own" any significant part of Apple.

Raban · « **Reply #23 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:35:39 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on June 01, 2010, 12:56:43 PM

Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 01, 2010, 12:53:23 PM
Finally, god gives the deserving their deserving.

RIP Microsoft, you always were terrible and tried to use money to kill all your competitors, even though they ended up owning you with true, quality products.

MS owns part of Apple. But you're too dirt stupid to know that you fucking piece of horse shit.

Oh man, I actually laughed irl.

EDIT: Oh I forgot to mention this is probably fud, but if MS fails I don't really care. Now that Steam supports Mac, that about does 'er for MS and me anyways.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #24 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:38:24 PM »

Whats with the Apple propaganda recently? First the dude from Chrono Trigger and now this? Then I find out Epoch was called Silybird in Japan :'(

Barry Egan · « **Reply #25 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:43:38 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on June 01, 2010, 01:38:24 PM

Whats with the Apple propaganda recently? First the dude from Chrono Trigger and now this? Then I find out Epoch was called Silybird in Japan :'(

eh?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #26 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:50:39 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 01, 2010, 01:23:07 PM

I like that Methodis went the extra crazy step and anthropomorphized Microsoft. I can see him writing angry letters addressed to "Mr. Microsoft" next.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #27 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:53:30 PM »

Barry Egan · « **Reply #28 on:** June 01, 2010, 01:56:25 PM »

bahahahahahahaha

huckleberry · « **Reply #29 on:** June 01, 2010, 02:02:45 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on June 01, 2010, 01:50:39 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 01, 2010, 01:23:07 PM
I like that Methodis went the extra crazy step and anthropomorphized Microsoft. I can see him writing angry letters addressed to "Mr. Microsoft" next.

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omg at the avatar stamp on the bottom right

Robo · « **Reply #30 on:** June 01, 2010, 02:04:55 PM »

perfect

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #31 on:** June 01, 2010, 02:08:37 PM »

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #32 on:** June 01, 2010, 02:31:21 PM »

Quote from: My F*cking Grandpa on June 01, 2010, 01:43:38 PM

Quote from: BlueTsunami on June 01, 2010, 01:38:24 PM
Whats with the Apple propaganda recently? First the dude from Chrono Trigger and now this? Then I find out Epoch was called Silybird in Japan :'(

eh?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=396885

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #33 on:** June 01, 2010, 03:38:20 PM »

Oh, good! Now that Willco thinks they're going to fail, I should invest in them!

Himu · « **Reply #34 on:** June 01, 2010, 03:45:43 PM »

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #35 on:** June 01, 2010, 03:54:03 PM »

Was Windows 7 not a success sales wise? Honest question. I'm far too self-centered to pay attention to the world of commerce

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #36 on:** June 01, 2010, 03:57:59 PM »

it was a major success, and the majority of microsoft's profits do not come from the user market, but i shan't piss on a good troll article!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #37 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:04:32 PM »

I can see it now, each employee iPad requisition form comes with a check box for multi-tasking that entitles you to a secondary iPad

brob · « **Reply #38 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:04:59 PM »

throw out you ctrl keys!

command

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #39 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:06:28 PM »

cupertino future

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #40 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:09:12 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 01, 2010, 04:02:30 PM

Fortune 500 companies are giving up on desktop pcs for employees, moving towards ipad only work environment?

There may come a day where say some universities start housing more Macs than PCs, but the PC is going to own the workplace for the forseeable furture.

Himu · « **Reply #41 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:14:58 PM »

I bet Methodis used a windows pc when making that post.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #42 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:22:05 PM »

Maybe he used a Droid

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #43 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:29:58 PM »

i have seen the future and it is cradled lovingly in the crook of my arm

even steve jobs knew sidehugging is the most natural of human interaction metaphors

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #44 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:37:02 PM »

Dunno, given Steve's opinion on porn is more conservative than yours, can we be sure he's open to human-on-human sidehugging?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #45 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:50:50 PM »

steve exists in a place outside of conventional morality. when i talk with mild manufactured opprobrium about a man's weiner going into a person's poo hole, it is qualified as some kind of subjective "morality". when the king of apple masturbates to a live child getting its liver removed, it's sort of a divine right. conventional notions of pornography exist outside his royal corpus, as it were. should he approve of sidehugging, it would not come from a social moral position, but whether or not he felt the concept should exist within the greater sphere of THINGS THAT AROUSE HIS HOLY FLESH.

and i'm okay with that, because He gave us the iPad.

Donono · « **Reply #46 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:55:44 PM »

That'd be epic. The east side would turn into a post-apocalyptic wasteland where wild bands of destitute unemployed rape and pillage to quench an unending thirst for technology.

The government would be forced to fence the entire area off with the electric fencing from Jurassic Park.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #47 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:57:43 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 01, 2010, 04:09:12 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 01, 2010, 04:02:30 PM
Fortune 500 companies are giving up on desktop pcs for employees, moving towards ipad only work environment?

why don't they use linux?

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #48 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:59:53 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on June 01, 2010, 04:50:50 PM

when the king of apple masturbates to a live child getting its liver removed, it's sort of a divine right.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #49 on:** June 01, 2010, 06:10:23 PM »

Are you going to hang an Apple bag outside your office and make your reports lick it, like this guy?
(a little past the halfway point)

Oblivion · « **Reply #50 on:** June 01, 2010, 07:15:05 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on June 01, 2010, 12:47:42 PM

courier

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What ever happened to this nig, anyway?

Himu · « **Reply #51 on:** June 01, 2010, 07:19:07 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on June 01, 2010, 04:50:50 PM

steve exists in a place outside of conventional morality. when i talk with mild manufactured opprobium about a man's weiner going into a person's poo hole, it is qualified as some kind of subjective "morality". when the king of apple masturbates to a live child getting its liver removed, it's sort of a divine right. conventional notions of pornography exist outside his royal corpus, as it were. should he approve of sidehugging, it would not come from a social moral position, but whether or not he felt the concept should exist within the greater sphere of THINGS THAT AROUSE HIS HOLY FLESH.

and i'm okay with that, because He gave us the iPad.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #52 on:** June 01, 2010, 07:37:29 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on June 01, 2010, 01:50:39 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 01, 2010, 01:23:07 PM
I like that Methodis went the extra crazy step and anthropomorphized Microsoft. I can see him writing angry letters addressed to "Mr. Microsoft" next.

(Image removed from quote.)

world ending

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #53 on:** June 01, 2010, 07:48:08 PM »

MS is like the GM of the software world. No one likes them, yet they make billions of dollars and keep releasing decades of shitty products.

Ichirou · « **Reply #54 on:** June 01, 2010, 07:55:32 PM »

Internet Explorer is still awful after all these years.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #55 on:** June 01, 2010, 08:04:27 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on June 01, 2010, 07:48:08 PM

MS is like the GM of the software world. No one likes them, yet they make billions of dollars and keep releasing decades of shitty products.

Server 2008 is the shit.

Hyper-V

Having to install software on a virtual to make the mouse work.

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Author Topic: Microsoft on the verge of imploding? Apple monopoly incoming?! (Read 2489 times)