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Posted by: ator1940 (Wednesday 6 February 2008, 1:58 PM)

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consumer excitement.....

One would think that a company, being in business over 25 years, would learn to produce what the consumer wants. Oh no, they try to re-invent the the operating system and force the customer to upgrade. Mark this down to incompetence, arrogance, or ignorance. The only companies that are glad for VISTA are MAC, SUN, NOVELL, and all the Linux distros.

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