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Will the real ‘new’ features in Windows 7 please stand up

By Jack Wallen

“I want to make a point, though, of saying this is not an
article cutting down one operating system while regaling another. I
am just pointing out the errors of the PR machine at Microsoft.
With that said, here we go.

“Aero: We all know this isn’t new. And we all know that Linux
has had every feature displayed in Aero for some time now. This is
one area that really burns my cheeks. Microsoft claims to have
redesigned the desktop experience, when in fact they just took
ideas from Compiz and OS X and claimed it theirs.”

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