Comments on: Bill, Sweet Jesus Say it Ain’t So! http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:10:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ophiochos http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-139614 ophiochos Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:16:05 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/#comment-139614 I'll say straight away I'm a Mac user and don't like any version of Windows I've tried. So some of you can switch off right away, no offence taken. To those of you struggling so hard and wondering about Macs - what would it take to get you to consider one? I mean, it's not hard. they work pretty well. That's it. It really is. It's not a reality distortion field, chronic insanity, a wish to burn money, an obsession with style... It's because our Macs tend not to get in our way very much. They tend to do what we want, pretty much all the time. There is nothing else to it. Honest. And look, you can always run Windows on it if you really don't like OS X. You can run both at the same time if you like. And the Terminal command-line. If you dislike Steve Jobs, don't tell me you like Bill Gates. At least Jobs hasn't been found guilty of deliberately breaking other people's software and putting them out of business. I mean, given a choice between supposedly egotistic genius and convicted corporate bully, are you SURE you know where the moral high ground is? Hey how long did you spend activating Windows altogether? You don't have to activate a Mac. No-one disables your OS when you install a new hard drive. I promise, we are mac diehards because we simply cannot understand why you live in a wet muddy ditch when you don't have to. If you do, your apps will run more smoothly in Parallels than on Windows, apparently. Oh hell. Just make friends with a Mac user, try their machine and see what suits you. Then you will understand why we can't understand why you stick with Windows (and complain and suffer). Anyway, honestly, good luck with Vista. Really, I mean it. I’ll say straight away I’m a Mac user and don’t like any version of Windows I’ve tried. So some of you can switch off right away, no offence taken. To those of you struggling so hard and wondering about Macs – what would it take to get you to consider one? I mean, it’s not hard. they work pretty well. That’s it. It really is. It’s not a reality distortion field, chronic insanity, a wish to burn money, an obsession with style… It’s because our Macs tend not to get in our way very much. They tend to do what we want, pretty much all the time. There is nothing else to it. Honest. And look, you can always run Windows on it if you really don’t like OS X. You can run both at the same time if you like. And the Terminal command-line. If you dislike Steve Jobs, don’t tell me you like Bill Gates. At least Jobs hasn’t been found guilty of deliberately breaking other people’s software and putting them out of business. I mean, given a choice between supposedly egotistic genius and convicted corporate bully, are you SURE you know where the moral high ground is? Hey how long did you spend activating Windows altogether? You don’t have to activate a Mac. No-one disables your OS when you install a new hard drive. I promise, we are mac diehards because we simply cannot understand why you live in a wet muddy ditch when you don’t have to. If you do, your apps will run more smoothly in Parallels than on Windows, apparently. Oh hell. Just make friends with a Mac user, try their machine and see what suits you. Then you will understand why we can’t understand why you stick with Windows (and complain and suffer). Anyway, honestly, good luck with Vista. Really, I mean it.

]]> By: Deep Jive Interests » Dell’s Crowdsourcing More Than Hype: Tells Microsoft to “Suck It!” http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-30879 Deep Jive Interests » Dell’s Crowdsourcing More Than Hype: Tells Microsoft to “Suck It!” Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:18:09 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/#comment-30879 [...] But as a follow up to Microsoft’s contracts stipulating that new PC’s to be sold in 2008 will *only* be allowed to ship with Vista, it seems like Dell is intent on making IdeaStorm more than a pretty “Digg Clone”. [...] [...] But as a follow up to Microsoft’s contracts stipulating that new PC’s to be sold in 2008 will *only* be allowed to ship with Vista, it seems like Dell is intent on making IdeaStorm more than a pretty “Digg Clone”. [...]

]]> By: Deep Jive Interests » Google Buys DoubleClick: Now, Master of The Ad-Serving Universe http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-28434 Deep Jive Interests » Google Buys DoubleClick: Now, Master of The Ad-Serving Universe Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:25:07 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/#comment-28434 [...] pwnage Google-styles is the the latest in a series of negative/ not-positive publicity, what with Microsoft’s decision to force Vista upon unsuspecting users in the upcoming year. “Master of the Known Universe” is a title that was owned by Microsoft from 1985 - [...] [...] pwnage Google-styles is the the latest in a series of negative/ not-positive publicity, what with Microsoft’s decision to force Vista upon unsuspecting users in the upcoming year. “Master of the Known Universe” is a title that was owned by Microsoft from 1985 – [...]

]]> By: ryan l http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-28360 ryan l Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:18:50 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/#comment-28360 Alright so I bought a Dell 1505 it came preloaded with Vista DOA failed to boot on the very first try....I spent 3 hours between remote chat and customer service...still wouldn't boot properly. I told them to take back thier computer...I didn't want anything to do with it. I got a "mattebook" mac and I love it. I use zoho for editing spreadsheets and docs and Gmail for just about everything else. I miss some features but overall the sub 30 second boot times on my mac are a breath of fresh air. and I was a diehard XP and Sony Vaio fan...I actually had and Ipod and sold it. Now I am on the apple train...sort of...I still think that the iphone is gonna get spanked by Nokia, HTC, heck maybe even motorola. Alright so I bought a Dell 1505 it came preloaded with Vista DOA failed to boot on the very first try….I spent 3 hours between remote chat and customer service…still wouldn’t boot properly.

I told them to take back thier computer…I didn’t want anything to do with it.

I got a “mattebook” mac and I love it. I use zoho for editing spreadsheets and docs and Gmail for just about everything else.

I miss some features but overall the sub 30 second boot times on my mac are a breath of fresh air.

and I was a diehard XP and Sony Vaio fan…I actually had and Ipod and sold it.

Now I am on the apple train…sort of…I still think that the iphone is gonna get spanked by Nokia, HTC, heck maybe even motorola.

]]> By: slkjoy http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-28342 slkjoy Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:50:37 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/#comment-28342 Microsoft can do anything it wants to do - including screwing it's customers. Why? Because they can. and they need to. MS is desperate. They can't compete fairly. Never did. Just bend over and take it. Microsoft can do anything it wants to do – including screwing it’s customers. Why? Because they can. and they need to. MS is desperate. They can’t compete fairly. Never did.

Just bend over and take it.

]]> By: Armen http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-28203 Armen Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:22:57 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/#comment-28203 I can't believe what I've just read. I hope this is wrong. To be honest, if I had to go out and buy a laptop this afternoon, it would be a mac. You can't help but get frustrated with MS sometimes. I can’t believe what I’ve just read. I hope this is wrong.

To be honest, if I had to go out and buy a laptop this afternoon, it would be a mac. You can’t help but get frustrated with MS sometimes.

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-28142 Rob Hyndman Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:16:33 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/12/bill-sweet-jesus-say-it-aint-so/#comment-28142 "Yes, those mac-heads can start crowing now, if you like." Cock-a-doodle-doo. I can still vividly remember the VP Dev of a client fuming to me over morning coffee about w2k being phased out - he hated XP and the cycles that migration would burn. I think I'll send him a box of donuts tomorrow. “Yes, those mac-heads can start crowing now, if you like.”

Cock-a-doodle-doo.

I can still vividly remember the VP Dev of a client fuming to me over morning coffee about w2k being phased out – he hated XP and the cycles that migration would burn. I think I’ll send him a box of donuts tomorrow.

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