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Title: Dvorak: "M$ Should make computers!"
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 25, 2009, 03:35:48 PM
<John Dvorak reverses entire career, says Microsoft should copy Apple, RoghlyDrafted Magazine>
Title: Dvorak: "M$ Should make computers!"
Post by: tacit on October 26, 2009, 02:14:33 AM
Wow. I wonder if Mr. Dvorak ever gets tired of being wrong. Some more gems from ol' Johhny-boy's keyboard:

John Dvorak: Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone

John Dvorak: Time to short Apple? The iPhone will be  hugely successful for a couple of quarters until the fashion goes stale. By then, the functionality will be duplicated by others and Apple will be treading water.

John Dvorak: Apple will abandon OS X in 2006, Adopt Windows Instead

John Dvorak: Apple Needs to Make OS X Open-Source; Boot Camp shows that Apple is planning to test making OS X available for PCs (2006)

John Dvorak: The iPhone goes against what the phone industry wants, is unlikely to be a success

John Dvorak: Apple will do nothing new with the Mac, should discontinue Macs altogether (2002)

John Dvorak: "The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I dont want one of these new fangled devices."

Title: Dvorak: "M$ Should make computers!"
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 26, 2009, 09:26:12 AM
Many describe him as a "professional" troll. I'm just not sure about the "professional" part...laughhard.gif But his outbursts do create a lot of hits on his site, I suppose. I just wait to see what his latest blunders are on other sites. smile.gif I'm beginning to wonder how many 'feet' this guy has! eek2.gif
Title: Dvorak: "M$ Should make computers!"
Post by: RHPConsult on October 26, 2009, 07:13:37 PM
Once again, as he has so many times in the past, Tacit has done another great service for all TeeEssers: plumbing his vast body of knowledge, then economically disposing of an "issue" once and for all with conclusively persuasive data.

aka . . . Bingo !
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Title: Dvorak: "M$ Should make computers!"
Post by: swhitset on October 28, 2009, 03:53:18 PM
After listening to TWIT for the past few years It has become obvious that even Dvorak doesn't believe the stuff he writes.  He truly is a troll and he is proud of it.  For those of us that know better, Dvorak's wild assertions seem naive or just plain dumb, but he has managed get a lot of attention and drive a lot of traffic to his columns etc...   The ethics in this kind of journalism are questionable at best, but it has definitely produced the effect he is looking for.

Steve