Is it the Beginning of the End for Microsoft?
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| Vista was in development for around 5 years which is a long wait for what
| some have nicknamed “XP Service Pack 4”. This is the tech community’s way of
| saying, “It’s evolutionary, not revolutionary.”
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http://www.contactomagazine.com/computers/endofmicrosoft1007.htm
Vista Was Doomed 6 Years Ago
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| After two times of being bitten by lackluster Windows upgrades, will there be
| any users left who are brave enough to be early adopters?
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http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/vista-was-doomed-6-years-ago/
C|Net: Vista Blunder Will Accelerate Leopard Market Share
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| As a result, Microsoft has been forced to launch a premature marketing
| campaign that discusses the Vista successor and remedies that will be taken
| in order to take the sting out of the poor reception of Vista. In addition,
| XP Service Pack #3 will essentially eliminate the need for Vista.
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http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/10/30.4.shtml
Related:
Vista Is Still Plagued by Incompatibilities
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| Nine months since its release, lots of hardware and software products still
| don't work with Microsoft's operating system, including some that are
| certified as Vista compatible.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138693/article.html#
6 months later, a report card on Vista
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| "I can't live in Vista if the software that I use in my life for productivity
| does not work," said Pirillo, in the third minute of a 52-minute video he
| posted on YouTube.
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| [...]
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| He "upgraded," as he called it, back to XP.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista
Allchin's 'Buy a Mac' E-Mail Exposed
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| "I must tell you everything in my soul tells me that we should do
| what I called plan (b) yesterday. We need a simple fast storage
| system. LH [Longhorn] is a pig and I don't see any solution to this
| problem. If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux and Apple, we
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| need to start taking the lessons of 'scenario, simple, fast' to
| heart. Jim"
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/allchins_buy_a_mac_email_exposed.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/y5cuu6
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