Over A Year Later And Windows Vista Is Still Not Worth It

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| So there you go, reasons enough to look elsewhere for your next desktop OS
| and if there was one aspect to the entire desktop OS market that really
| grabbed my attention over the last year it would have to be just how much
| better the alternatives to Windows have become. Both OSX and Ubuntu in
| particular have grow from something I would have only recommended to fellow
| gurus to full-fledged alternatives that in some cases even provide a
| significantly better experience for the desktop user than Windows Vista.
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http://www.dailytechnobabble.com/200...-not-worth-it/

Microsoft decides Vista is flawless

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| Microsoft may have released a beta of Vista's Service Pack 1 - but according
| to the company's official support site, the operating system is absolutely
| flawless.
|
| When Word crashed on a disgruntled PC Pro reader, he dutifully agreed to fill
| in the online form to report the crash.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/134292/m...-flawless.html


Related (mind the highlights):

Microsoft Nixes 'Big Bang' Service Pack For Windows Vista

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| A senior Microsoft official said the company doesn't plan to issue a major
| service pack for Windows Vista because the operating system is "high
| quality right out of the gate."
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.informationweek.com/windo...leID=198701442
http://tinyurl.com/2o3rcx


Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report

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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
|
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125


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| "Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista
| operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company 'scrambles' to fix
| internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN... Microsoft has
| also admitted that it has major problems in it's Windows division and has
| has immediately initiated a total restructure of the division..."
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http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computi...forms/R7G5G6U4


MS Insider: The Office Crew Isn't Smart Enough to Supplant Real Windows
Developers

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| "With Alchin retiring, MarkL and MarkZ, two of the most talented
| architects in MS already having left, the picture gets really
| ugly for the Windows division," my friend claimed, and the BV's
| core team members, Ian McDonald, Jack Mayo, Todd Wanke, Clyde
| Rodriguez and others are starting to connect the dots.
|
| [...]
|
| He concluded ominously. "A trainwreck of biblical proportions looms.
| Pick a good seat on the sidelines, trainwrecks this large take
| awhile to complete. Vista may be the last MS OS for some time to
| come, especially if Cutler decides to play hardball."
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http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/09/...ws-developers/
http://tinyurl.com/35eqrt