Prediction: This Statement Is Going To Come Back To Bite Microsoft In The Ass

Comment in question<p>“It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that.“ -Microsoft COO Kevin Turner<p>for people who like me aren't fan of TC<p>Source: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exec_mocks_iPhone_4_dubs_it_Apple_s_Vista" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179164/Microsoft_exe...</a>

A more apt comparison would be Red Ring of Death on the Xbox 360. An annoyance but the product is compelling enough for people to put up with it. There are lots of other fun parallels like Microsoft's slow response to admit there was a problem and their suggestion to put the 360 into a vertical position for better cooling (<i>your entertainment center is holding it wrong</i>)

Apple has 25%, Microsoft has 15%, RIM has 43% of the smartphone platform market share.<p>That comment will only ever "bite microsoft in the ass" on techcrunch where consumers gossip about the cool new gizmos, and nobody cares about market share.<p><a href="http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/comScore_Reports_January_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share" rel="nofollow">http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/c...</a>

The real wtf in this article is the incredibly sexist comparison.

Hardly. People will mostly forget that statement, if they even heard it in the first place.

Fantastic analogy. I guess it was a slow day on the geek blogs for objectifying women.