[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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