Mind you, I am not being quite so selective. Very few articles actually say
something decent about Windows Vista. Here's just a sample of 5:
New Windows, Old Problems
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| First there was too little security. Now, users will complain of too
| much. When will Microsoft get it just right?
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/30/vista-security-patch-tech-security-cx_ll_0130vistasecurity.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3chuqo
Microsoft Vista Charged With Breaking Games
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| Just 24 hours after the lavish launch party for Vista , a former
| Microsoft engineer has charged
| that a glitch in the new version of Windows makes it impossible to
| run hundreds of popular online and downloadable games.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/techgames/10335859.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
http://tinyurl.com/2mbx76
Windows Vista's hyped security will be tested
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| Most security experts see Vista as a more secure operating system
| than its predecessor, Windows XP, but even Microsoft acknowledges
| it's not impenetrable and attackers will undoubtedly look for a way in.
|
| Attackers can use spyware programs to monitor a computer remotely
| and collect personal information on a user. They can also control
| machines remotely to attack Web sites, send spam e-mail or
| defraud online advertisers.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070131:MTFH04135_2007-01-31_01-13-21_N30387700&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/2wv4pz
Vista: long-term burn, not short-term sizzle
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| If bullishness were revenue, Microsoft is well on its way to a
| bumper fiscal 2007 and 2008...
|
| [...]
|
| Unfortunately, money talks, not marketing, and Microsoft has been
| reticent in providing guidance for the period when Windows Vista
| would ship, lest these numbers provide something solid to work
| with. Until last week, that is.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/31/vista_sales/
Vista fails to 'wow' the online world
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| While Microsoft trumpeted Vista worldwide on Tuesday, the Internet
| abounded with postings from people unimpressed or downright
| disappointed with the new operating system.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070131/tc_afp/usitsoftwareinternetcompanymicrosoftvista
Related:
Microsoft rivals file second European complaint
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| ...Microsoft was preventing access to Vista's programming interfaces
| and hindering the development of compatible products, thus repeating
| anti-competitive violations the commission had identified three
| years ago in a previous operating system.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bAF5B8FB2-488F-4468-80B8-21F6EEE223E3%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/2ybdot
Software rivals say Microsoft's Vista illegal in Europe
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| Software manufacturers, citing 2004 European Commission finding,
| contend the operating system violates server laws in Europe.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/26/news/international/bc.vista.microsoft.eu.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
'Microsoft broke anti-trust agreement,' prosecutors claim
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| It's claimed Microsoft's engineers used at least 500 undocumented APIs
| to ensure Microsoft's applications worked better with Windows than
| those of competitors.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/microsoft_breached_antitrust/
FLOSS Weekly 14: Jeremy Allison of Samba
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| 'In the section of the interview from around 33m30s to 39m00 Jeremy
| Allison reports how he was told that the Microsoft team implementing
| SMB2 were ordered to "f**k with Samba".'
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http://www.twit.tv/floww14
Microsoft used undocumented Windows APIs - Iowa testimony
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| 'All I can say is holy API batman...I'm not kidding...we are talking
| about literally 500-800 APIs here, no joke,' he wrote.
|
| Alepin had earlier claimed that Microsoft ran special demonstration
| programs whose sole purpose was to crash rival products and alleged
| that the company had subverted developers who used Microsoft's
| version of Java 'thinking they were developing multi-platform
| applications, but were actually developing Windows-specific
| applications'.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/101947/microsoft-used-undocumented-windows-apis-iowa-testimony.html
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