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Microsoft Admits Vista Failure

[ Thanks to Tom
Wickline
for this link. ]

“With two overlapping events, Microsoft admitted what we have
been saying all along, Vista, aka Windows MeII, is a joke that no
one wants. It did two unprecedented things this week that frankly
stunned us…

“What happened is the OEMs revolted in the background and forced
Microsoft’s hand. This is a big neon sign above MeII saying
‘FAILURE’. Blink blink blink. OK, MeII won’t fail, they have OEMs
whipped and threatened into a corner, it will sell, but you can
almost hear the defectors marching toward Linux. This is a
watershed…”

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