This immediately reminded me of Shark Repellent Bat Spray.

I'm not generally a fan of Microsoft, but I am actually quite impressed with the ASP.NET MVC framework. I certainly wouldn't say "very few people want it".

True, but Microsoft could have more conference rooms, which could tip the scale in Microsoft's favor. There might be a 5 to 1 ratio of chairs to employees at a company like Microsoft, whereas a company like IBM might be closer to a 3:1 or even 2:1 ratio.

IBM is also very committed to the "work from home" lifestyle, so you need to take that into account as well.

I think IBM may still have a decisive advantage if/when their chairs are combined with Sun's. I hear Sun has a chair stockpile left over from the .com bubble.

That depends. Who has more chairs: Microsoft or IBM?

And while it's impressive that little Kylie is able to transfer a snapshot of her pet fish from her camera to a PC, color-correct it, and e-mail it to her family, what's truly amazing is that the toddler was also apparently able to read, understand, and accept Windows Live's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. (But minors can't legally execute contracts, can they?)

Really? Out of all the things you could have criticized Microsoft for, you chose the one thing that Microsoft has in common with every other software company (an insane EULA/TOS)?

That would be like me saying "And while it's impressive that little Kylie is able to transfer a snapshot of her pet fish from her camera to a PC, color-correct it, and e-mail it to her family, what's truly amazing is that someone with an @aol.com email address was able to figure out how to submit a story to /."

See what I mean? Saying something like that weakens your whole argument... Oops!

Not a chair?

Oh right, this is Dell, not Microsoft.