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we should not be forced to stop using things that work
I had a Laserjet printer that I bought in 1993 that worked perfectly until the sensor that detects paper in the tray malfunctioned and could not be replaced. It printed prescriptions in my exam room and was quite fast enough for the task, as well as giving beautiful results. My 1999 Ford Taurus has 80,000 miles on it, barely a scratch and runs trouble free -- should someone force me not to drive it any more because there are cars with more features? The OS changes are like changing the rail spacing of the railroads. Maybe the newer cars to the new specification will have improvements, but that leaves a lot of rolling stock that is otherwise functional needing replaced. We used to call this planned obsolescence.
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VISTA tax  nizuse | 01/05/09
Oy.. It's not THAT bad...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/05/09
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Head in sand? Not this guy . . .  brian ansorge | 01/06/09
Dvorak?  Sleeper Service | 01/07/09
WELL SAID !!  Vinces314 | 01/12/09
Why accept needless changes?  lastar84 | 01/06/09
Change For The Same Reason As Always  Leans_To_Center | 01/07/09
money money money  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
coppockm  Axsimulate | 01/07/09
Errr okay...  logicearth@... | 01/07/09
RE: Errr okay...  Axsimulate | 01/08/09
RE: Errr okay,,,  MarkKB | 01/08/09
Another MS preacher  Jim4Prez | 01/06/09
Fix  Jim4Prez | 01/06/09
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Snow Kitty and PPC  Asiafish | 01/06/09
Ok... You're missing the point.  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
money money money  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
Most of them were at leat six years old  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
we should not be forced to stop using things that work  hizaleus | 01/06/09
missed detail on printer.  hizaleus | 01/06/09
The devil's in the details...  coppockm@... | 01/06/09
Thank You! Now maybe the clueless will get one?  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 01/06/09
Basically, you're asking the manufacturer to continue to support you and yo  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
We're not being forced...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
"Force" is a bad word here...  coppockm@... | 01/06/09
no choice means being forced  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
RE: we should not be forced to stop using things that work  RAMChYLD | 01/06/09
Uh...  Sleeper Service | 01/07/09
Funny you should mention the Ford Taurus  clyman6232@... | 01/07/09
Send those replaced parts to  tracy anne | 01/07/09
he will have no trouble making them work with Linux  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
much lulz  Spiritusindomit@... | 01/08/09
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Total ReWrite?!?!  Stuka | 01/05/09
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Actual count  tmsbrdrs | 01/11/09
Is that the same as the...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
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Um.. The toilet paper...?  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
re: another point  Badgered | 01/06/09
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The Average User...  TBone2k | 01/06/09
The average user...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
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You'd be surprised.  de-void | 01/07/09
The same thing I feel about it  clyman6232@... | 01/07/09
Except  rtk | 01/07/09
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Re:  dvm | 01/06/09
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Oh, no worries.  rtk | 01/07/09
No benefits?  slaphappy | 01/06/09
Enterprise Upgrades  alan.douglas | 01/06/09
A note on #4: The scenic ribbon.  CobraA1 | 01/05/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Ammalgam | 01/05/09
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But one is more than none.  ye | 01/06/09
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@rtfa: What your talking about is irrelevent.  ye | 01/06/09
@ye  Axsimulate | 01/06/09
@Axsimulate  deaf_e_kate | 01/07/09
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The Sixth Thing  pccoder28@... | 01/05/09
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Great call Ed!!  MyBlueRex | 01/05/09
Namecalling is not a sound refutation.  pccoder28@... | 01/05/09
Then refute it point by point  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/06/09
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Prolly because you can't...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/06/09
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No you didn't...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/07/09
*Yawn*  Sleeper Service | 01/08/09
Yawn is right  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/09/09
Citation time!  pccoder28@... | 01/06/09
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I thought he signed it "Not Responding"  pccoder28@... | 01/06/09
See for yourself..  Wolfie2K3 | 01/06/09
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Killer app  anonymuos | 01/06/09
Dealing with point 3  Alan Smithie | 01/06/09
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Lets compare Microsoft to dell.  isulzer | 01/06/09
A response  Alan Smithie | 01/06/09
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Fudzilla?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
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true but you can get someone to fix it  deaf_e_kate | 01/06/09
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It certainly is  Alan Smithie | 01/06/09
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Correct  John L. Ries | 01/06/09
A reprise of Monkey Boy dance?  rag@... | 01/06/09
Excellent commentary, Ed...  chas_2 | 01/06/09
No.6: Windows 7 is Vista in a party dress  SteveMak | 01/06/09
Are you being serious here...  Sleeper Service | 01/06/09
You change one issue for another  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  rdawson@... | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ausdog@... | 01/06/09
True for EVERY OS update  SnoopDougEDoug | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  lcarliner@... | 01/06/09
New Start Up Company for Drivers  windozefreak | 01/06/09
There Are No Killer Apps  fwarren | 01/06/09
There Are No Killer Apps  windozefreak | 01/06/09
What ticks me off the most..  20kwfence | 01/06/09
Apple has the right idea with the 5 user home license for $200.  ye | 01/06/09
Sounds great  20kwfence | 01/06/09
Welcome to Linux!  bswiss | 01/06/09
I like point 1. Because its soooo very true and it  James Quinn | 01/06/09
I like point 1. Because its soooo very true ...  alan.douglas | 01/06/09
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Why pay to change? OpenSource is free  johnnydoe1894 | 01/06/09
Easier? Well I don't know about that. Name the  James Quinn | 01/06/09
Apple zombie, tipical  Soulstorm | 01/06/09
You just don't get it.....  James Quinn | 01/06/09
@Soulstorm  Axsimulate | 01/06/09
@johnnydoe1894  Axsimulate | 01/06/09
The supreme irony...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
Really?  krsanford | 01/06/09
Really  windozefreak | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  MikeBytes@... | 01/06/09
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A truly disappointing answer.  nizuse | 01/06/09
Price?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
Disappointing, maybe, but still the right answer.  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
a small addendum  rtk | 01/07/09
Too true...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
What about Halo2  david@... | 01/06/09
It's a game, not a piece of software  zomgguy | 01/08/09
Drivers exist for XP anyway.  Sleeper Service | 01/08/09
I have a cure! I have a cure!  mikifinaz1@... | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ebhb2004@... | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Main Street | 01/06/09
I keep hearing this but nobody ever posts specifics.  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 01/06/09
Better Graphics  kyron.gustafson@... | 01/06/09
Windows 7 - De Ja Vu  rwbyshe@... | 01/06/09
Windows 6.1 != Windows 7  Omega Master | 01/06/09
Not everyone likes change......  hondahawkrider | 01/06/09
they kept the ver # so software will think it's Vista  eggmanbubbagee@... | 01/06/09
Goodwill or Similar it.  TripleII | 01/06/09
I think...  melekali | 01/06/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  rich3page | 01/06/09
It will be a hard sell  jpr75_z | 01/07/09
Not Luddites  tbcass | 01/07/09
Vista has never been that  dprozzo | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ramnet@... | 01/07/09
RE: Killer Apps  julian.lawton@... | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Jim from NoVA | 01/07/09
W7 will make more users BAIL  ThePoke | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  rod@... | 01/07/09
Actually... They DO stop..  Wolfie2K3 | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  Juergen Hartl | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  ladyjet@... | 01/07/09
Windows 7 and Ed  chaz15 | 01/07/09
Amen: support-life is the choice of the manufacturer  pianoguy@... | 01/07/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  jimk_z | 01/07/09
Do ya do the same with cars?  rtk | 01/08/09
Check the car lots  Ole Man | 01/08/09
He didn't say  rtk | 01/08/09
Don't be too cocky......  Ole Man | 01/08/09
One more thing Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7.  trentreviso | 01/08/09
One OS One Edition  robocso@... | 01/09/09
re: One OS One Edition  ksarkies@... | 01/09/09
RE: IS WINDOWS 7 REALLY GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING?  Vinces314 | 01/10/09
RE: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7  attila2 | 01/11/09
That's what killed Vista -Clueless OEM  tzcannon | 01/11/09
Hardware EXACTLY!!!  Vinces314 | 01/12/09
Shakes head in dismay ...  de-void | 01/13/09
O M G!!!  Vinces314 | 01/14/09
Wrong  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/14/09
Thou dost protest too much?  Ole Man | 01/17/09
I read Talkbacks in an RSS reader  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/17/09
Vista sucked for many reasons.  Ivan_the_stinky | 08/17/09

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