[Linux-bruxelles] lettre d'un cousin d'amérique, "eyes wide open"...

Helyn philippe philippehelyn at tiscali.be
Jeu 17 Juin 21:23:56 CEST 2004


il y en a qui sont plutôt conscients...
provient du New York Times de ce jour.
dégustons :

> 1. From the Desk of David Pogue: Good High-Tech Stories
> =======================================================
> 
> Everybody loves a good story, and high-tech fans are no 
> different. This week, I've got three of them for you. Two of 
> them even have happy endings.
> 
> Once upon a time...
> 
> * Just over a year ago, I reviewed the Microsoft Smart 
> Display. It was basically an LCD touch screen that 
> communicated wirelessly with a Windows XP Pro computer 
> elsewhere in your house or office. Fujitsu, Philips, Trigem, 
> NEC and ViewSonic jumped on the bandwagon to make these 
> things -- and nobody bought them. And now, Microsoft has 
> canceled the whole project.
> 
> The Smart Display's failure was predictable; the thing was 
> overpriced and conceptually flawed (you couldn't watch videos 
> or listen to music on it), and trying to do just about 
> anything without a keyboard was an exercise in frustration.
> 
> Then a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft also announced that it 
> was canceling its line of wireless networking cards and base 
> stations, too. I'm guessing that Microsoft got clobbered in 
> the marketplace by high-volume makers/marketers like LinkSys. 
> 
> I'll bet that a year from now, we'll be reading about the 
> demise of those Microsoft Spot watches that receive wireless 
> news and stock quotes, too.
> 
> I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Microsoft would 
> be nothing without its Windows monopoly. I give the company 
> credit for trying, over and over again, to branch out into 
> new categories with fresh thinking. But there's a moral to 
> this story: You can't make something an instant hit just by 
> slapping the Microsoft logo on it. 
> 


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