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thompr said:

tezgno said:

While I can understand bashing the competition... unfortunately, this issue can't be blamed on the Microsoft Surface (or Microsoft at all). As has been reported on (and confirmed by) the NFL before, the issue has nothing to do with the Surface. Rather, it's the NFL's servers and application that went down (hence why it goes down across multiple teams at the same time)...

According to the article, the outage only affected the Patriots sideline while the Broncos were still using their Surfaces without issue.  If true then you are going to have to modify your defense a little bit.

I actually posted a comment further down once the NFL posted their confirmation that it was the Patriots network connection that went down that caused this particular outage. Appleinsider only gives you so long to edit a message.

bobschlob said:

tezgno said:

While I can understand bashing the competition... unfortunately, this issue can't be blamed on the Microsoft Surface (or Microsoft at all). As has been reported on (and confirmed by) the NFL before, the issue has nothing to do with the Surface. Rather, it's the NFL's servers and application that went down (hence why it goes down across multiple teams at the same time). The tablet runs an application that connects to NFL servers and pulls in data including pictures, replay information, etc. It is that system that has been going down recently. To be honest, while Microsoft has paid a large sum of money for their tablets to be shown and used, the entire process is technically platform agnostic. They can run the application on anything. Unfortunately, it wouldn't matter which tablet they chose in these cases... if their servers are down, then there is nothing that can be done.

Aww gee golly gosh! I wonder what operating system is running those backend servers?

Unix and Linux, actually. The NFL uses Rackspace for much of their infrastructure. And, further, the NFL just reported that the issue was actually caused by the Patriot's network going down.

ericthehalfbee said:

tezgno said:

While I can understand bashing the competition... unfortunately, this issue can't be blamed on the Microsoft Surface (or Microsoft at all). As has been reported on (and confirmed by) the NFL before, the issue has nothing to do with the Surface. Rather, it's the NFL's servers and application that went down (hence why it goes down across multiple teams at the same time). The tablet runs an application that connects to NFL servers and pulls in data including pictures, replay information, etc. It is that system that has been going down recently. To be honest, while Microsoft has paid a large sum of money for their tablets to be shown and used, the entire process is technically platform agnostic. They can run the application on anything. Unfortunately, it wouldn't matter which tablet they chose in these cases... if their servers are down, then there is nothing that can be done.

Have you seen ANY of the Surface NFL ads? I don't recall EVER seeing any mention of servers or backend systems. The Surface tablet is front & centre in all of them. Nobody cares about where the problem is - they only remember seeing those tablets in the bright blue cases.


ON another note.....

Looks like two POS loser trolls ALREADY signed up with new accounts. Any predictions how many more will show up shilling for MS?

I have, actually. And, you're right. The ads definitely highly the Surface and you are correct in that the Surface will be what people see. That's also why I stated that the article should point out where the problem is, if you are going to report on the problem at all. It isn't about one product being better than the other. Rather, it's about honing ones craft at being a good journalist, which is what my statement is actually targeting. If someone can pick apart your article, you loose credibility. And that is what I'm ultimately stating.

Now, as for your other note, my prediction can be summed up in the image that I'll just leave right here  

djsherly said:

Dude gets paid by the word. I agree it's not a good look for MS but it's difficult to split out the problem when the surface device is the only thing that anyone sees in the solution. 

Definitely agree here. But, as a journalist myself, this is why there is a need for good investigative reporting. The article makes one think that the problem is with the surface itself when the NFL has stated that the problem has been their own application and servers. Even though this is an Apple Blog, it isn't necessarily fair to bash someone that isn't the problem. Now, if the surfaces were crashing, locking up, or otherwise causing issues, then by all means go for it. But, in this case, the issue isn't related to the surface product. If they were using iPads and the servers went down, then it would be the same issue.

sockrolid said:

AppleInsider said:

"Those tablets always malfunction" tweeted Geoff Schwartz of the New York Giants.

I'm pretty sure Aaron Rodgers isn't saying "Darn Blue Screen of Death (tm)" as he slams his Surface to the turf.
Any lip readers out there?
Lulz.

Lol, Aaron threw the tablet in frustration after reviewing his interception that he threw. That was a case of the tablet worked, it showed him the play and the mistake, and he didn't like the outcome. And, going a step further, Johnny Manziel isn't banging his head against the surface because it wasn't working either. Rather, he did that in frustration after he reviewed a play (one of the ones he did in college) and saw where he messed it up. Again, it was working. I agree with Badstroller that this article is a bit biased. Considering that the link posted on how the Surface RT is a failure, which it was (also written by the same author), and using that to talk about all Surface tablets (when in fact the Surface Pro 3, which is x86-based, made over a billion in revenue for Microsoft), it definitely shows that the author doesn't like or appreciate the Surface and is using anything to bash the product, whether correctly or incorrectly.