XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: SNIT@CABLE0NE.NET.INVALID   
      
   "warble606@yahoo.com"  wrote in post   
   1107450217.106965.284690@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com on 2/3/05 10:03 AM:   
      
   >   
   > Snit wrote:   
   >   
   >> No.  It does not.  Nor does it mean that it is not a good product or   
   >> company.   
   >   
   > True but you miss the point: companies put a lot of money into   
   > branding. There are even brand specialists. But most often   
   > they do all this because their products stink and they need   
   > to appeal to consumers' tendency not to think critically.   
      
   So?  Most PC's have malware... does that mean yours does?   
   >   
   >> This is good news for Apple - no matter how you want to spin it.   
   >   
   > I call it bad news. It makes me more suspicious of Apple,   
   > not more. How do I know that Apple didn't pay someone   
   > to write that article? I suspect they did.   
      
   Do you wear a tinfoil hat, too?   
      
   How do you know that Apple's market share is not 75% and MS does not just   
   pay folks off?   
   >   
   >> Your rant is based on your straw man that anyone suggested that being well   
   >> known is the same as being good.   
   >   
   > No, my rant was based on the fact that companies seek to be   
   > spin and brand their products because their products stink.   
      
   Some do.  So?   
      
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