Microsoft COO Compared iPhone 4 Problems to Vista. Wrong! Remember the Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death?

TechCrunch had a great commentary about Microsoft COO Kevin Turner’s comment equating Apple’s iPhone 4 to Microsoft’s Windows Vista debacle.

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

My problem with the comment isn’t Mr. Turner’s tone. I object to the comparison product. Let’s review the comparison. Windows Vista was so unwanted that chose to continue buying the already incredibly old Windows XP by the millions for Vista’s entire product tenure.

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