From Away

Now, I really hate to stir the pot and fan the flames on the Mac vs. PC issue, but a couple of things have come across the news wire in the past couple of days that are definitely worth mentioning.

Bill, if you’re listening, it’s moves like this that are causing people to scramble to the Apple or Open Source side of the fence. What the hell were you thinking?

So hypothetically, say I buy a copy of Windows XP, and install it on my machine. Then a few months later decide to upgrade my motherboard because AMD has released some crazy new CPU that I can’t wait to cram into my machine. Next, I’ll reinstall Windows…but wait…I need a new license? This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. I realize that they’re trying to square away what constitutes ‘only installing the Operating System on one machine’, but this is just a little too far.

Oh and Bill, if you want to learn how to foster customer loyalty, take a look at the nice gift Steve gave his customers this week. He upgraded everyone’s new laptop, at no additional cost! That’s how you get people to continue buying your product, as well as tempt new customers to buy your product.