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Story: Ballmer pledges 'last breath' to catching Google up

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Microsoft does do some good stuff

To be fair, Windows Server 2008 seems a solid OS, once you shave off the thick matted fur of the marketing, and there's a good chance that Worldwide Telescope will be good (as there is for the underlying Photosynth tech).

But everything else is a second-class me-too, especially online. For a company that's proud of hiring lots of bright people, it seems very good at stopping them get stuff out the door (Xerox syndrome)

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