Thursday, November 4, 2010
SURE TO BE BIGGER THAN ZUNE: As Microsoft, with much fanfare, launches Kinect today in an effort to make its Xbox 360 console more "family friendly," let's recall that while Microsoft has had its successes in simplifying things (most notably Windows 3.1 and 95), not all of them have been hits. That means it's time to look back on Microsoft Bob.
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Fun fact I just read today... Xbox Live has more subscribers (25m) than Comcast (slightly fewer than 23m... which includes a loss of about 375,000 in the last quarter). Xbox Live includes some not insignifcant number of international subscribers but still a pretty staggering stat.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I'd call Windows 3.1 a success (but then, it's better than ME (but then, so is root canal)). Windows 95 was a good start towards XP though.
ReplyDeleteI have zero memory of Bob. Thanks for the cultural footnote to throw around at my next party with a bunch of geeks and/or Microsoft employees.
ReplyDeleteI have been known to ask about whether it would be possible to install Microsoft Bob on certain partners' computers.
ReplyDeleteClippy!!
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