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[News] [Rival] Windows 7avourware Demo Shows Microsoft Got Nothing

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Microsoft's multitouch goes forward to past

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| In any case, by the time Windows 7 shows up multitouch will be far from 
| cutting edge tech. Were I running Microsoft, I'd start promoting features in 
| Windows 7 that won't look quite so passe in 2010. Unless, of course, they 
| fear Apple will steal all their good ideas.   
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-bz.pl.apple05jun05,0,6902096.story

Microsoft's CEO recently called Vista "a work in progress" and here comes
Microsoft already talking about the next version???

Miserable acts:

Microsoft, Amid Vista Flak, Publicizes Business Benefits

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200806041850DOWJONESDJONLINE000806_FORTUNE5.htm

Windows will go open source when pigs fly

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| Open source is not a date. It’s a commitment, like marriage. History has 
| shown you can’t be a little bit open source. You’re either in or you’re not. 
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2515

Who would /want/ an open source Windows?


Days ago:

Dear Windows 7 Programmers, I Have a Few Ideas...

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| Open-source software such as Linux is traditionally seen as the opposite of
| proprietary software from the likes of Microsoft and Apple. But that's a
| false dichotomy. Why can't Windows be proprietary, for-profit and
| copy-protected -- while at the same time be open for user control and
| inspection? If Windows were a car, you'd never be able to open the hood and
| see what was underneath.
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| The software's "black boxness" was driven home for me once when XP was taking
| an excruciatingly long time to load, and even the best tech sleuths at
| Microsoft couldn't figure out the cause. Had I been able to look under cover,
| I might have seen, oh, that Windows was wasting 90 seconds looking for a
| nonexistent drive.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121252179249042275.html


Recent:

Ballmer: Vista Is 'a Work in Progress'

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| As PC users clamor for Microsoft to continue to support Windows XP, company 
| CEO Steve Ballmer called the Vista OS "a work in progress" at an annual 
| Seattle event on Thursday.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144773/ballmer_vista_is_a_work_in_progress.html



Related:

Dear Mr. Gates: save Vista, open-source it

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| Although Microsoft may claim otherwise, Vista, from both from a technical
| and business point of view, is proving to be a failure. Why not turn it
| over to people who have shown time after time that they can deliver
| the goods?
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2930812631.html


Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?

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| We asked a simple question: what Microsoft product could have used a little 
| more polish before release? The answer astounded us. We would just like to 
| thank Bill Gates for his honesty and his openness.  
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http://gizmodo.com/342920/holy-crap-did-bill-gates-just-say-windows-sucks
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