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And that's a GOOD thing
This is a huge time sink.

Mission accomplished. People who invest that much in MSWinVista will be strongly motivated to recover their investment, which means promoting it wherever possible.

That's also time not spent on undesirable activities, such as developing for anything but MSWinVista/MSIE7.
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And that's a GOOD thing  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/05/07
Conspiracy or manopoly  not of this world | 08/05/07
me no fear..  comnut | 08/15/07
More Bloat from the Bolatfarm  Jeremy W | 08/17/07
XP has had 6 years of improvement. Vista about 6 months.  ye | 08/05/07
Alpha testers wanted for Vista  trentreviso | 08/05/07
hey..6 yrs+6 months..  jaisin_81 | 08/05/07
You have a good point  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/05/07
I don't remember XP sucking this bad  Chad_z | 08/05/07
Vista shouldn't need years of SP's to get where XP is  mwiley_z | 08/06/07
associate EXEs with Notepad?  lauren.glenn@... | 08/07/07
When is an "upgrade" a "downgrade"?  gardoglee | 08/20/07
When is an "upgrade" a "downgrade"?  ahjac@... | 08/25/07
Not at all  morchant | 08/06/07
Yes and No, it was MS who said it had WOW  intrepi@... | 08/09/07
Considering the extended dev-cycle...  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
The only other longest would be.....  xuniL_z | 09/03/07
Many more Vista and MS woes.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/05/07
good reading  not of this world | 08/05/07
Yes, good stuff  eb276 | 08/05/07
Vista, an over-extended metaphore  filker0 | 08/06/07
Well, maybe... but try this on.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/06/07
I don't disagree on most points  filker0 | 08/07/07
That sounds familar.  Joel R | 08/14/07
Well-written summary!  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
HEY NO AXE!  Linux User 147560 | 08/06/07
Here is the problem....  ShadeTree | 08/06/07
Good gravy No Axe this is a great post !  intrepi@... | 08/09/07
Okay, who hacked No_Axe?s ZDnet account? (NT)  Joel R | 08/14/07
Alright , what did you do with the real No_Ax ?  Non_Zealot | 08/25/07
Agree  jmorgus@... | 08/29/07
Not only with Vista  Old Mac Hand | 08/05/07
XP2 comes with ie6.1 built in, and  not of this world | 08/05/07
There IS a Solution  Utah Stan | 08/05/07
Thank you Hugo Chavez (nt)  John Zern | 08/06/07
An d we don't take Insane people . . .  JLHenry | 08/06/07
Here's an easier solution than a constitutional amendment  mrankin | 08/30/07
I had this problem  itpro_z | 08/05/07
Everyone knows not to purchase an MS OS until SP1!  Scrat | 08/06/07
Tsk! Tsk!  ShadeTree | 08/06/07
Not really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/06/07
Yes really  ShadeTree | 08/06/07
And IE7 is . . .  JLHenry | 08/06/07
During it's time would you have said the same of  Laff | 08/06/07
Microsoft offers a free trial of Vista.  ShadeTree | 08/06/07
Getting it, loading it is easy, getting rid of it is another matter  intrepi@... | 08/09/07
getting rid of it is easy  Khyron | 08/21/07
Timeline  Chiatzu | 08/07/07
Once again, one person assuming for the rest  intrepi@... | 08/09/07
The overall conclusion is correct.  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
I had this too...  BitTwiddler | 08/06/07
Not Enough Info  ParrotHeadFL | 08/06/07
So we should all just buy new machines?  morchant | 08/06/07
Technology changes--accept it.  ParrotHeadFL | 08/07/07
OS2 Warp?  lauren.glenn@... | 08/07/07
Agreed  ParrotHeadFL | 08/08/07
Your memory is hazy  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/08/07
I think I know what she?s remembering.  Joel R | 08/14/07
Oh?  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
Probably Flash  tester_guy | 08/06/07
If the entire system is hanging, it's drivers or hardware  PB_z | 08/06/07
Not quite...  filker0 | 08/06/07
Not necessarily the application's fault  PB_z | 08/06/07
hang in there...  lauren.glenn@... | 08/07/07
Read my post again  morchant | 08/06/07
Sorry - that was garbled.  morchant | 08/06/07
Still garbled!  ShadeTree | 08/06/07
Also ...  ShadeTree | 08/06/07
Maybe not a million men  CarlS | 08/08/07
Actually...  rapson | 08/06/07
It would've been great to actually have this in your article...  PB_z | 08/06/07
To take it one step farther ....  ShadeTree | 08/06/07
re: Read my post again  M.R. Kennedy | 08/06/07
Very broad search...  Bob.Kerns | 08/07/07
A question :  mhenriday | 08/06/07
Vista Upgrade Install Repair  uvbogden | 08/06/07
Most users don't run Vista Business  intrepi@... | 08/09/07
Oh but it is...  jmiller1978 | 08/23/07
Erm... think you mean Vista Home Premium.  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
Content-free non-contribution  Bob.Kerns | 08/06/07
They dont have the leverage?  morchant | 08/07/07
Just observing...  Bob.Kerns | 09/01/07
And your post is an undisguised rant.  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
You need to look closer at the nVidia situation  Bob.Kerns | 09/01/07
I never have driver problems.  davebarnes | 08/26/07
Interesting data point, fanboy!  Bob.Kerns | 09/01/07
Amazing Diversity  DonBurnett | 08/07/07
Only on thing to remember ...  msdead | 08/07/07
Good point!  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
Browser Fix  caeciszek | 08/07/07
Why even deal with it?  sc_david | 08/07/07
Apples and Mushrooms  filker0 | 08/07/07
I do agree with some reservations  intrepi@... | 08/09/07
I like the Mac too but you're over-simplifying things  morchant | 08/07/07
Pehaps I did take the claim too far  sc_david | 08/07/07
Biggest mistake Apple made...  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
hang time is not that big deal...  bikerpappy@... | 08/07/07
Vista as good as XP?  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
Windows 95  jcrawley73 | 08/07/07
Eh?  Raymond Danner | 08/24/07
You can install other browsers......  lauren.glenn@... | 08/07/07
memory lane  lauren.glenn@... | 08/07/07
Unreasonable  taylorma@... | 08/08/07
VISTA IE7 Problem found in IE5.5+ and fixed  wwwsupport | 08/08/07
Vista? Not in my organization  blarman_z | 08/09/07
Why does anyone feel they have to use it ?  intrepi@... | 08/09/07
It's a Toshiba Issue - not microsoft's  InvestInSolutions | 08/10/07
Having the SAME problem  blissfull@... | 08/10/07
IE7, Explorer, Live Messenger and Sidebar all keep hanging.  jon_schurmann@... | 08/17/07
I have found that most Windows problems stem from the OEM.  xshakes | 08/18/07
The Author is clearly clueless about windows  ericsami | 08/22/07
Vista. Never again.  lecram2 | 08/28/07
For Vista and Office 2007 I must agree : DANGEROUS  lecram2 | 08/28/07
Success by ignorance ?  lecram2 | 08/28/07
I've experienced this same problem  Leria | 08/29/07
IE7 in general...  Mitch 74 | 09/04/07

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