{"id":8822,"date":"2009-07-16T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-07-16T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T21:38:00","slug":"microsoft-versus-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/8822-microsoft-versus-apple.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft versus Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"

The executive, Kevin Turner, also says Microsoft is “in the game for the long-term” and has hired a retail team.<\/p>\n

Microsoft brought on a 25-year Wal-Mart veteran in February to lead the effort, but has said little since. Turner was speaking to a gathering of technology partner companies in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Microsoft and Apple have been sparring for years. Microsoft’s Windows runs on most of the world’s PCs. Apple, which operates 250 stores worldwide, is venerated for its design sense.<\/p>\n

Apple’s popular Mac vs. PC ads depict Windows as a self-righteous nerd; Microsoft has struck back with ads that push PCs’ lower prices.<\/p>\n

Microsoft versus Apple<\/a><\/strong> – give your views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft's chief operating officer says the software maker is planning to open retail stores "right next door to Apple" in a few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}