When looking for fraud, Silver was not looking at the poll numbers but the raw data numbers themselves (essentially hundreds of thousands of numbers , if not millions). Out of all the raw numbers, when analyzed there should not be any distribution. But the numbers were slanted towards 6 & 8 suggesting (proving perhaps) tampering. There's plenty of sound theory in this. Just look it up.

Since the Director of Marketing was the one who said this, it makes sense only if Linux has a negative connotation attached to it (they probably had some verifiable data for this so called "commercial stigma". Personally though, I don't think people are THAT afraid of the unknown but I am just an engineer and I am most probably wrong in my thoughts regarding this.

and i expected much more from you, M$

I live in San Francisco the town that Mark Twain declared " The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". It is true. There are no seasons here. The average weather all year is slightly unclear yet pleasant, mid 60's with maybe 10% of the day left for sunshine and the rest is just like your homely wife: Ok to be with but easily forgettable and could be better.

Is it possible that a decade from now, just like the guy who said there's room for only 7 - 10 personal computers (i forget the exact number or who said it) in the world back in the 60s or the physicist who declared in late 19th century that whatever needs to be solved has been solved, your posting about touch screens being a "fun" idea will be moot. Granted there will always be keyboards just like there are tape players or vinyl records right now. But that is not what we are talking about. All your concerns might seem rather cute and quaint in 5 years (or even less time).

So basically it is saying that Money has saved Lego?