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I honestly would like to understand what possible motive(s) the "media" could have to write this kind of one sided, nearly 100% wrong, senseless article that claims something really big.

You've got to wonder - is it paid for by a rival? Is it that in the world of anyone-can-write-for-a-blog, we are seeing utterly stupid people getting chance to write anything they can dream? Is it just an opinion vs. fact? Is the writer pissed off by the corporation he/she is writing off in some way?



Sometimes with FUD articles like this when you check the background of the author they're either working for, or closely allied with, a rival company (like Microsoft), but as far as I can tell this is merely a case of cluelessness rather than partisanship.


Sensationalism and controversy will drive eyeballs to the site, which at least in the short term will mean the site makes more money. For all we know the author of this piece was under his quota and needed to scrounge up some hits.




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