MacManMaz's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/136020/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/74123-what-it-would-take-to-fix-microsoft-for-me?source=feed#comment-156822 156822
I just don't see it happening, but getting rid of Steve Ballmer would be a start.

What an embarrassment!]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:48:58 -0400
I just don't see it happening, but getting rid of Steve Ballmer would be a start.

What an embarrassment!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/74064-apple-s-branding-strategy-delivers-superior-results?source=feed#comment-156455 156455
IMHO your article comes off as if you are saying that Apple is just real good at advertising. You missed the bigger picture. Successfully creating new markets (iPod) and revolutionizing existing market standards (iPhone) requires a commitment to excellence in the user experience from Research and Development all the way through to product support. That is what makes it so easy to market Apples brand.

Look at the MSFT. Vista was cleverly marketed and advertised by a company with an established name and should have been a slam dunk.
Vista's failure is not due to poor marketing or lack of flashy commercials, it just sux.]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:19:41 -0400
IMHO your article comes off as if you are saying that Apple is just real good at advertising. You missed the bigger picture. Successfully creating new markets (iPod) and revolutionizing existing market standards (iPhone) requires a commitment to excellence in the user experience from Research and Development all the way through to product support. That is what makes it so easy to market Apples brand.

Look at the MSFT. Vista was cleverly marketed and advertised by a company with an established name and should have been a slam dunk.
Vista's failure is not due to poor marketing or lack of flashy commercials, it just sux.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/74071-apple-earnings-the-world-is-going-macintosh?source=feed#comment-156439 156439 The numbers speak for themselves.

Now for the other half of the story:
MSFT has nowhere to go but down.
They do not know how to make money without being the dominant monopoly, Lording it over helpless millions. Vista is proof of that.]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:02:25 -0400 The numbers speak for themselves.

Now for the other half of the story:
MSFT has nowhere to go but down.
They do not know how to make money without being the dominant monopoly, Lording it over helpless millions. Vista is proof of that.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/71787-will-adobe-s-new-media-player-play-with-users?source=feed#comment-148252 148252
Long live the open market and competition, except when it requires me to change my mind.]]> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:37:20 -0400
Long live the open market and competition, except when it requires me to change my mind.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/69478-consumers-will-continue-to-buy-apple-s-fashionable-gadgets?source=feed#comment-129825 129825 I am long on AAPL and think that it will be one of the big surprises of late 2008 and 2009.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:19:17 -0400 I am long on AAPL and think that it will be one of the big surprises of late 2008 and 2009.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/64990-apple-rumors-keep-on-coming-but-numbers-will-surprise?source=feed#comment-117470 117470
You would be wise to buy some AAPL stock now. The evil advertising world will help you make lots of money. Then you can waste more of your time posting your insane paranoid rantings about conspiracies.

I am going to enjoy the american dream, thanks.]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:47:54 -0500
You would be wise to buy some AAPL stock now. The evil advertising world will help you make lots of money. Then you can waste more of your time posting your insane paranoid rantings about conspiracies.

I am going to enjoy the american dream, thanks.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/64990-apple-rumors-keep-on-coming-but-numbers-will-surprise?source=feed#comment-117468 117468 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:43:51 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/64420-hey-microsoft-i-ve-got-a-better-idea?source=feed#comment-116053 116053
Oh yeah, I can't wait.

There are reasons that Yahoo, Google, and Apple are doing so well, and those reasons come from Microsoft. I don't see them going away.]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:38:03 -0500
Oh yeah, I can't wait.

There are reasons that Yahoo, Google, and Apple are doing so well, and those reasons come from Microsoft. I don't see them going away.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/62887-microsoft-yahoo-no-longer-a-recipe-for-success?source=feed#comment-114584 114584
It's pretty obvious that Microsoft is desperate to the point of giving up on it's own developers. They would rather use up all their cash and then borrow even more than rely on their own developers. Apparently, the top dogs in Redmond have finally come to grips with the fact that they just can not create productive, and attractive applications that can compete "off the desktop". This does not bode well for the future in an era when mobile devices will be taking more and more of the add revenue. If this deal were to fail, who else would Microsoft turn to?

Yahoo would be smart to stay far away from this "deal". Let the boys in Redmond have the desktop. There's more potential in the mobile web and web based applications. Microsoft needs Yahoo far more than Yahoo needs Microsoft right now.
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It's pretty obvious that Microsoft is desperate to the point of giving up on it's own developers. They would rather use up all their cash and then borrow even more than rely on their own developers. Apparently, the top dogs in Redmond have finally come to grips with the fact that they just can not create productive, and attractive applications that can compete "off the desktop". This does not bode well for the future in an era when mobile devices will be taking more and more of the add revenue. If this deal were to fail, who else would Microsoft turn to?

Yahoo would be smart to stay far away from this "deal". Let the boys in Redmond have the desktop. There's more potential in the mobile web and web based applications. Microsoft needs Yahoo far more than Yahoo needs Microsoft right now.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/58963-does-apple-s-market-share-gain-really-matter?source=feed#comment-108153 108153
Windows in all it's many versions just does not fill that need. Vista - the supposed multimedia monster that was going to swallow up the mac is a huge failure in that respect. The game has changed and the only team making any yardage is Apple.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:06:51 -0500
Windows in all it's many versions just does not fill that need. Vista - the supposed multimedia monster that was going to swallow up the mac is a huge failure in that respect. The game has changed and the only team making any yardage is Apple.]]>