

Microsoft picks up an internet ad firm for a hefty sum






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RE: Let me go to the ATM
By Treckin on 5/19/2007 6:09:02 PM , Rating: 4
Jesus, save us all. Or just the whiners.
Are you seriously saying that 200 bucks for an OS is a ripoff? He had a totally valid point; One spends more than that on expendable goods possibly in one day. He wasnt directly comparing the prices of Windows ot the price of gasoline. He was stating that if you spend 200 dollars at safeway EVERY WEEK, for the next 3-5 years (approximatly $40,000 for 4 years), how is it hard to justfy spending $250 on a one time investment for that same timeframe?

What in gods name do you care what MS does with the money after they have it? If you recieved a quality product (debateable, sure), with excellent customer support (not debateable, esp for developers), what is there to gripe about? Why not go on the United Food Workers forum and tell them to start offering food that, after an initial investment of $200, doesnt run out for 3-5 years. And tell them to offer free updates as better genetically engineered corn comes out... And to have a hotline when you get food poisening... (I may have taken that to far :-) )

And to the comment above "apparently google makes a lot of money on internet adverising..."
Try its there only sourse of income. And if internet advertising wasnt effective, why is it everywhere you look? Its massivly effective. Thats why MS bought it... duh

