Predictor by Jacquelyn Whiting https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp Post your reading responses here. This padlet is public so anyone can see it and contribute without logging in. en-us 2017-11-02 11:39:48 UTC 2017-11-06 16:50:31 UTC hello@padlet.com How to add to this padlet: whitingj1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/202843270 Click the + button in the bottom right corner of the screen

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Click anywhere on the screen outside of the box to add your post to the padlet.]]> 2017-11-02 11:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/202843270 What do you think the outcome of the issue or conflict will be? Explain. whitingj1 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203091688 2017-11-02 19:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203091688 Jim S https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203973780 The way the writer has phrased it, people will continue to prefer the seeming comfort of Microsoft - its familiarity, its officialness - over other brands even if the others have advantages. 

]]> 2017-11-06 16:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203973780 As technology grows in sophistication, will we continue to base our purchases on marketing rather than the utilitarian option? https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203973931 2017-11-06 16:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203973931 In the future, there will be only one computer brand: Trump Computers. https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203975029 2017-11-06 16:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203975029 Jim S https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203975276 It is interesting to ask how Linux DOES present itself; is it strictly word of mouth? The writer uses cars as an analogy; is there some product out there that HAS been able to succeed by word of mouth rather than by official marketing?

]]> 2017-11-06 16:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203975276 Anthony P https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203983743 Unfortunately, it seems like marketing and establishment will always rule. This could potentially lead to companies spending more resources on marketing versus research and development.]]> 2017-11-06 16:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203983743 https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203986193 2017-11-06 16:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/whitingj1/mir06y3bpdyp/wish/203986193