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"capable of running Windows XP " does not - "runs Windows XP"
Today Vanity Fair runs Abramoff's article. I have not read the article yet but I understand Microsoft's relationship to Abramoff is not discussed. Abramoff, while not on Microsoft's payroll, was part of Preston Gates and Ellis, a law and lobbying firm, established in 1990, IMO, primarily to help Microsoft through its antitrust problems.

Abramoff, took the culture of corruption learned at Preston Gates and Ellis and practiced at Microsoft (the Gates is Bill Gates' father) to Washington DC, and Preston Gates and Ellis and Microsoft were able to convince the Bush administation (read bribe) to let Microsoft off the hook. Several of Abramoff's associate lobbiests were consultants to Microsoft. There is no getting around the connections. The problems surrounding Abramoft are rooted in the problems Microsoft has had with the win-at-any-cost culture prevalent there.

The press release wording "capable of running Windows XP " does not mean "runs Windows XP". Just as the press release wording "Windows is not DOS" did not mean DOS wasn't the operating system. Windows, we now know was never an operating system, only a product wrapped around an operating system.

My point is that the representation of Oragami portrayed today is as corrupt as Judge Jackson proved Microsoft to be prior to the Bush Administration and Microsofts Abramoff.

We should not be fooled again. The Tablet operating system is the operating system product Microsoft intends for the devices being introduced under the O banner. This is obviouse because there is no key board. Those introducting products are doing so likely because Microsoft is paying them to rather than owing to any consumer interest. The Enron case comes to mind. Pay attention developers.

Frank L. Mighetto CDP
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I don't understand  anacardo | 03/09/06
Yes, look at the Nokia device. Uses less than $400, les power, more  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
yea, but it has no storage capacity  rmathew1 | 03/09/06
You can install 1GB RS MMC cards it it. I imagine bigger cards  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
You think that flash  James Dean_z | 03/09/06
I wouldn't mind one  3D0G | 03/09/06
anacardo has made some very valid points  labarker | 03/09/06
No, you understand.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 03/09/06
where is the news?  Linux Geek | 03/09/06
Yes, the real inovation is with Nokia. Check it out.  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
"capable of running Windows XP " does not - "runs Windows XP"  mighetto | 03/09/06
Well.. DUH...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/09/06
In searh of a market  dave95 | 03/09/06
Small enough to fit in a pocket?  mabricen | 03/09/06
It'll fit in a pocket.  markdoc.geo | 03/10/06
LOL (NT)  mabricen | 03/10/06
Buy the Nokia device, a much better device, and available NOW  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
Reality check for the much-hyped Origami PC  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
This has already been done, and is in the $400 range, can you say Nokia????  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
Go away troll  zmud | 03/09/06
You probably wish Linux would go away. Well, it is here for the long run,  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
And obsolete  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
Yes, leave the butt kisser alone!!!  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
Amazingly clueless you are  mosborne | 03/09/06
Why bother, he's a Micro$hill 110%  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
No you are  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
Yes, we know you want to be the majority village idiot  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
ROTFL  mosborne | 03/09/06
Dont reason with "special" people  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
The Nokia is the perfect size. A PDA is too small, and a laptop is too big  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
Yes ROTFL at you  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
What happened to the tablet PCs Loveschlock?  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
You are AMAZINGLY clueless for someone with such a big mouth NT  mdsmedia | 03/09/06
I might agree with you, but ARGUE a point. If he is so clueless, as you  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
Yes, XP is obsolete and bloated. How many years has it been out?  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
they are a SOFTWARE company??  mdsmedia | 03/09/06
Don't Forget  dragosani | 03/09/06
For both of you  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
XBox doesn't count as hardware?  GoPower | 03/09/06
Yes it does  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
you just dont know when to stop  stormdoor | 03/09/06
NBM'er  jasonp@... | 03/10/06
old ripoff  Outside T. Box | 03/09/06
Saw this on another posting, but it's HILARIOUS!!  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
Oh Yeah... Hysterical.. Dead link  Wolfie2K3 | 03/09/06
UMPC= Ugly Mobile PC  jacksodj | 03/09/06
What is needed to make anything like this trully usable is  Laff | 03/09/06
Origami?  StevoCJ | 03/09/06
No need to search for market  TomMariner | 03/09/06
Would that not cut into the Tablet PC market then?  Laff | 03/09/06
Probably not  3D0G | 03/09/06
There's a tablet PC market?  markdoc.geo | 03/10/06
I think it's GREAT PRODUCT....  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 03/09/06
Well yeah you've got a backpack to haul it in...sure.  Laff | 03/09/06
How locked down is it?  tic swayback | 03/09/06
And, don't forget all of the same viruses, spyware, will happily run on  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
Finally Something For the 2 Big to fit in pocket Too Small to See market!  cmatthes1 | 03/09/06
No Infrared?  cmwiswall | 03/09/06
What is Microsoft bringing to the table here?  spinits | 03/09/06
Their great brand name  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
Is Mike Cox going to equip his whole company with the Oragamy?  DarthRidiculous | 03/09/06
(LoL!!!)  999ad@... | 03/09/06
He already did!  Tony Agudo | 03/09/06
Microsoft Origami: 100,000 Viruses in Your Pocket  helzapoppin | 03/09/06
Hardy Har Har...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/09/06
2.5 hours of battery life???  timbc | 03/09/06
That's It????!??  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
Yep...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/09/06
Looks like a Sega Game Gear  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
New Origami Products  jemd@... | 03/09/06
It's the MS etch-a-sketch  GoPower | 03/09/06
Speaking of etch a sketch  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
LOL!  GoPower | 03/10/06
Origami = Nokia 770 RIPOFF  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
How much different is it from the OQO?  duswil | 03/09/06
Seven INCHES, in your POCKET?  James Dean_z | 03/09/06
Wrong punchline  tic swayback | 03/09/06
punchline  Rob Charles | 03/10/06
More is less in the pocket.  James Dean_z | 03/09/06
It's been done: Amida Simputer instead  richardh9935 | 03/09/06
This is what happens  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 03/09/06
Newton  TWRX | 03/09/06
hardware independent  Joey1058 | 03/09/06
Still the wrong paradigm  Fred Fredrickson | 03/09/06
Guys, its Windows OS, not hardware here  Rob Charles | 03/10/06
I'll buy one when...  Beat a Dead Horse | 03/10/06
I see this as a good initiative  anilphv | 03/10/06
I think its cool  ritchdavis | 03/10/06
I see this as a good initiative  ritchdavis | 03/10/06

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