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I spotted this graph over on Daniel’s blog which was forwarded to him recently.
Thanks for the link Daniel…
Ok, lets compare
This is vmware
http://www.virtualization.info/images/MicrosoftHyperVthedayafter_DC72/VMW_hyperV.png
This is MSFT
http://www.virtualization.info/images/MicrosoftHyperVthedayafter_DC72/MSFT_hyperV.png
:)))
User,
thanks for the comparison. VMWare gets a $10 drop MSFT gets a 75c drop.
interesting...
Sorry but I really can't see the point of publishing this graph complete with its badly drawn 'shaudenfreuder' smiley unless it is an attempt to bolster the 'evil empire' image of Microsoft?
Tim,
I thought it was a powerful image of the power of market reactions to breaking news. The smiley isn't mine either - I found it on another blog. The stock market reacts to announcemnts of profit warnings and and market results (see MSFT graph for last Thursdays announcement for example) - but this is the first time I'd seen the market move in response to a product being released to market.
Microsoft as the evil empire? If you got to know some the people at Microsoft you'd see that the place was staffed with real people, with families, with kids, with hobbies, with pets and with dreams - all who love to work at the place that inspires them to do their best work. Get to know some of us, and you'll find out we're all human - just like you...
Hi Eileen
I don't see Microsoft as the evil empire and I am happy to say that I regularly read your blog for some IT insight and just purely for general interest.
However, if you, like me you read several of the MS blogs, you can see real trend lately for a quite negative anti-vmware campaign oozing out of Microsoft. You'll see that on Daniel's blog now he's delighting over the 'demise of VMware' by using... a grave headstone image! I think that by promoting this sort attitude does nothing whatsoever positive for Microsoft; it just looks to us 'outsiders' like you lot are rubbing your hands with glee at a downturn/crushing of a competitor and, if you want an example of why Microsoft may have an evil empire image, these are perfect examples!
What's wrong these days with promoting how good your products are instead of resorting to trashing the competition?
