Re: microsoft download site indicates that my version is not authentic

From: Steve N. (me_at_here.now)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:21:08 GMT

Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:

> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:u7DOXefEFHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
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>>"Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
>>news:O60rMpdEFHA.1932@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
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>>"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:eVY5%23RdEFHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>>>You should as lost revenue means less to spend on the Billions of dollars
>>>each year it costs us to develop Windows and other products for you.
>>
>>>So? I have yet to see MS make any price reductions for gained
>>>revenue from the PA scheme. Their profits sure have been going up and up
>>>going back decades. Since XP came out well over 3 years ago,
>>>the retail price has not changed one red cent.
>>
>>Two points
>>
>>1. if the retail price has not changed ("one red cent" as you state) then
>>in
>>fact it has decreased in real terms while the functionality etc has bee
>>ever
>>increasing.
>
>
>>The functionality has not increased, unless you are saying that writing
>>service
>>packs is increasing functionality, which is wrong as much as it is a fix.
>>Name
>>some beneficial functionalities that have been added other than massive
>>security
>>fixes that have been introduced twice now. In fact SP2 broke my Word 2003,
>>and MS response to me was "Case Closed". I didn't get my red cents worth
>>from
>>that either as much as less functionality for something paid for to have a
>>(certain)
>>function; that is an increase of profits through less support.
>
>
> I assume you have actually used a previous version of Windows ?
> If not maybe some research for you is in order to see the advancements in
> Windows functionality since Windows in 1983
> I cannot comment on your specific case on Word.
>
>
>
>>2. The costs of developing software have certainly not decreased as the
>>products have increased in complexity and scope.
>
>
>>Uh Huh,Give me a break! Tell that to the developers who were prevalent
>>in the US and are now more so in India; the phone support centers are all
>>virtually off-shored, and we know how money is saved there. Why am I not
>>seeing the savings from that? Why has the support gone down?
>
>
> Why do you think we off shore some of our development work ? Because it is
> incredible expensive. Hence my point.
> We have already discussed that the real price of Windows has come down in
> real terms and any cost saving we can make in development can then be spent
> elsewhere.
>
>
>

I wish Microsoft would hire people that can actually communicate in English.

So what's your real name Mike, Shrinivas Bhashkhar Vishnuparamsala Madhu
Prem?

Namaste`

Steve

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