Text only guest question from %gqh% Logik.

The story behind the X effect is this.
In the early 1980s, X Computer Corporation (named after its founder Adam X) was the first computer hardware company to go bankrupt essentially by unveiling a product it couldn’t sell yet. The company announced the X Executive, a new computer that wouldn’t be available for several months. Meanwhile, the X 1, which legendary computer engineer Lee Felsenstein designed, was still on sale.
So what happened is that from the moment the company announced the X Executive, sales of the X 1 fell to approximately zero. Not only that, but various dealers all began canceling their X 1 orders. Ultimately, this contributed to the destruction of the company.

Tech Journalists are invoking the X effect to describe a possible situation involving Microsoft, WP8, and the current Windows phones.

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Who vs. who?

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Awesome Guest question from %gqh% raklodramA. Thanks saar!

Identify and connect

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Humor. Microsoft style.

Identify and Connect.

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Borderline non-geek guest question from %gqh% Manish Achuth. Thanks Saar!

What is this?

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A livejournal entry by this lady changed an entire industry (although not too much). Who is she? What did she do?

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This question is more PR than quiz, but for a worthy cause :P

What’s the hullabaloo about?

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(1) was looking for nonsense words and picked a commonly used phrase in (2) to create (3). 1, and 3 please.

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Great question from %gqh% Manish Achuth. Thanks saar!

Who wrote this telegram? And after what?

With this question, we are back on schedule! yay!

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What is happening here?

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