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MS is more than competition. there isnt any other company that has its hands in so many areas of software than Microsoft. They compete with every facet of computing, from email to databases, to graphics (directX vs OpenGL), to photo editing, to Music, to portals, to EVERY type of Office product ofcourse and now to the likes of Audix telephony! Oh and they are in cell phones and trying to get in your TV cable box and automobile. All I want is a new hack proof Windows OS with all its features working out of the box.
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"...unless you are a real bithead"?  LateBlt | 07/27/05
The real things should be Indigo and Avalon.  FADS_z | 07/27/05
At one point, the registry was to be improved.  Anton Philidor | 07/27/05
Improving the Registry  PMDubuc | 07/27/05
The idea of the registry is good  Sxooter_z | 07/27/05
... || ('or', for you non programmers out there...)  dalecosp | 07/27/05
deeply interesting?  tygeverink@... | 07/27/05
look's a lot like Konqueror  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
Well...  dalecosp | 07/27/05
Windows family = never ending beta  ibabadur1 | 07/27/05
Hey, wait a minute...  gfeier | 07/27/05
I think Hurd atleast had the right idea  nucrash | 07/28/05
You just described all software.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Then my second longest running beta testing is Redhat  FilledOut | 07/27/05
Why tease us now? The final release will be of alpha quality anyway;  HypnoToad | 07/27/05
you think it will be alpha quality?  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Huhh?  davidclark@... | 07/27/05
I've used carbon paper, actually....  dalecosp | 07/27/05
Now Now....  nucrash | 07/28/05
long beta time  MIS Master | 07/27/05
Microsoft is not just a company  llamadon | 07/27/05
You Don't Know Jack  jjworleyeoe | 07/27/05
Jack  macsrule_z | 07/29/05
OSS  SC-man | 07/29/05
What a joke.  kumchan | 07/29/05
Not to be mean, but you don't know Jack.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Time for a little basic economics, I see  the_doge | 07/27/05
Oh pulease, entering new markets is not a damn monopoly.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
No, but using an existing monopoly as a lever...  rsteiner@... | 07/27/05
No... Time for a lesson in human nature...  Wolfie2K3 | 07/27/05
Back to economics again  mactolinux | 07/27/05
The real problem is  nucrash | 07/28/05
competition with all  MIS Master | 07/27/05
Ummm, that is because...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Users "Demand" More Microsoft Involvement?  itanalyst | 07/27/05
Your contempt for the public is showing ...  PMC-CON | 07/27/05
He already has  rapson | 07/28/05
You're A Joke, Dude!  jjworleyeoe | 07/28/05
Nah, nah, nah, there is a...  Colonel_Panic | 07/28/05
Is Anyone Going To ACTUALLY Get This OS?  itanalyst | 07/27/05
Hopefully everyone here will  Real World | 07/27/05
Agreed, I Will Probably Play Around With It  itanalyst | 07/27/05
if someone can send me...  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Some users though  Fleeb | 07/27/05
Come on, how many people buy an OS?  ebrke | 07/28/05
Vista is a stupid name for an OS.  corifornia | 07/27/05
Re: Vista is a stupid name for an OS.  d_jedi | 07/27/05
Why ...  dalecosp | 07/27/05
It's been available  DarbyOhara | 07/27/05
linux works around...  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
A failure like windows 95 and up...  theraven_z | 07/27/05
Spot on, users do the voting, tech guys have nothing to say.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Yes, And That's Why Retarded Users Drive The Virus/Spyware Market  itanalyst | 07/27/05
You are catching on.  osreinstall | 07/27/05
well, i can agree...  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
How does it whip Windows?  osreinstall | 07/27/05
What you say is true,  ebrke | 07/28/05
There are bad mechanics too.  osreinstall | 07/28/05
Bingo, right on the money, nail...  Colonel_Panic | 07/28/05
While you are correct in the analogy  voska | 07/27/05
ME was a failure  voska | 07/27/05
Define "failure"  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Nope!  davidclark@... | 07/27/05
You must be happy working for MS  voska | 07/28/05
waiting to 'get it'  MIS Master | 07/27/05
"little extras"  bchesmer | 07/27/05
"Rushed" out?  Wolfie2K3 | 07/27/05
Heck No I am so tired of Updating  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
"...tired of updating"  Scrat | 07/28/05
If you're "tired of updating"  3D0G | 07/28/05
Blah, blah, blah, you are only just...  Colonel_Panic | 07/28/05
I was think the ME way too  voska | 07/27/05
WinFS? What Benefit Will It Provide?  itanalyst | 07/27/05
yeah gotta have some way to organize all that porn  voska | 07/27/05
More importantly...  Colonel_Panic | 07/28/05
people will get it  BuckRogers_z | 07/27/05
Hmm....  bchesmer | 07/27/05
Hmm, Hmm....  dalecosp | 07/27/05
I'll take that bet  Jazhawk | 07/27/05
Actually Avast works REALLY well  Airwolph | 07/27/05
I have no argument with Avast..  Jazhawk | 07/27/05
Will Be Installed on All Dells ...  PMC-CON | 07/27/05
release by release, WinOS has improved  greacher | 07/27/05
Improvements...  Graywolfman | 07/27/05
Interesting  greacher | 07/27/05
Don't think you can call XP a failure.  mustangj36@... | 07/27/05
2k still major corp OS  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
Absolute fantasy  Scrat | 07/28/05
RE: Absolute fantasy  nightshade0143 | 07/28/05
XP will never reach #1 status  voska | 07/27/05
not to mention the price tag  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
windows os  half@... | 07/27/05
The oddest thing was 2000 was out before ME  voska | 07/27/05
looking forward to Vista  dEEf | 07/27/05
bite your toung win 98 is less bloated  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
I found Win 98 to be slow  voska | 07/27/05
memory leaks  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
I agree Win 2K was the best of Win 98 and NT  voska | 07/27/05
Why are you people arguing over...  Colonel_Panic | 07/28/05
While true to a large extent...  rsteiner@... | 07/27/05
Thankfully the 9x breed is dead.(nt)  IT Scion | 07/27/05
puleeze!  hriik | 07/27/05
Is someone holding a knife to your throat?  mustangj36@... | 07/27/05
Huh????  bchesmer | 07/27/05
"microsofts LOL NEW ReleaseLOL"  sluger1138 | 07/27/05
Not only clueless, but unable to construct a sentence.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Personal Attack No_Ax? Hypocrisy Strikes Again Eh?  itanalyst | 07/27/05
Well this post reaches new levels of stupid...  Scrat | 07/28/05
ok, im going to bite my tongue...  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Phishing sites  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Last Chance  ZZarrow | 07/27/05
And the reason ....  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
I do.  ZZarrow | 07/27/05
FWIW  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Significant performance hit..  d_jedi | 07/27/05
Not For Everything  ZZarrow | 07/27/05
You can play the latest and greatest games  Michael Kelly | 07/27/05
Nope  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Not in my experience  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Unhappiness with Microsoft  stan2345 | 07/27/05
You mean make a decison and live with it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Whiners....  brmdigital | 07/27/05
On the other hand..  d_jedi | 07/27/05
I do, at least when I have the choice.  rsteiner@... | 07/27/05
ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz.........  tbbrickster_z | 07/27/05
ZzZzZzZz...  ZZarrow | 07/27/05
ZZzzZZzzZzZzZZZzzzzZZzZzzz  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
scoot over  JCitizen | 07/28/05
What about security enhancements?  noklebye | 07/27/05
Wow...  mxyzyptylk@... | 07/27/05
*Yawn*  jbx233 | 07/27/05
Testers lock horns with Vista beta  Loverock Davidson | 07/27/05
heres a sample:  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Reviews?  Xbeing | 07/27/05
On the lighter side....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
LOL  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
let me see if my math is right...  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Most people here excited to get it  John Zern | 07/27/05
And Microsoft Is Original?  itanalyst | 07/27/05
Original as any other major desktop  node357 | 07/27/05
Re: Tabbed browsing in IE  rsteiner@... | 07/27/05
Browsers  jmayoral@... | 07/28/05
actually...  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Computer history  Joe Blow_z | 07/28/05
Avalon  okItsfree2 | 01/19/06
just a clone of unix  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
No thanks...  Jeffhs | 07/27/05
Beta 1? Alpha zero dot pre-release More Like It  Techscan | 07/27/05
Really Now  da_king | 07/27/05
not alpha0... unless you add it to...  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
more hidden junk?  charlielacy | 07/27/05
win2k is better than 98se  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Lots of closet Windows users here I see.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/05
Closet Windows user here  node357 | 07/27/05
transgaming  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
I openly admin I use window's  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
vista == xpsp3  linuxoverwindows | 07/27/05
Shhh, you might upset the...  Colonel_Panic | 07/28/05
That, and  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/05
Why Vista in 2006 when there will be Lepord?!?!?!  aressler2k5@... | 07/27/05
A Good Point But Will Lepord Run on PC  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
Erm, please could you explain the point here?  Scrat | 07/28/05
Now that Apple is going Intel...  Joe Blow_z | 07/28/05
Another Windozzzz  Gonealot | 07/27/05
As everyone else does  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
2006? I'm Not Betting On It...  itanalyst | 07/27/05
assuming  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
Font kerning  standfast@... | 07/27/05
How Can You Tell?  PMC-CON | 07/27/05
how picky can you get?  Joe Blow_z | 07/28/05
Benefit of Vista  frabjous | 07/27/05
Amazing new features!!!  bony tryan | 07/27/05
The 70's Show Vista Cruzer  IceTheNet@... | 07/27/05
Can you say OS/X for x86?  kokuryu | 07/27/05
Doubt it  Joe Blow_z | 07/28/05
you know final specs?  ghost_in_shell | 07/28/05
Well here we go again  Two Sticks | 07/27/05
Hahaha  ZZarrow | 07/27/05
I'm pretty sure XP will be my last MS OS  skeptic tank | 07/27/05
Why wait for Vista - Mac OS X Tiger already does all this stuff much bette  Patrick Pilcher | 07/27/05
Why Wait?  jeffrev01 | 07/27/05
Apple also said...  Joe Blow_z | 07/28/05
Grow up guys!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 08/04/05
Testing Vista  deathwind1 | 07/27/05
I'd settle for and OS that  npchilds@... | 07/27/05
Windows beta  kawa305 | 07/27/05
"Longhorn" so OS Panther...YAWN  usc1801 | 07/27/05
Just wondering.  JRMac | 07/27/05
Vista OS  Aarmin | 07/27/05
anti-microsoft ??  sanket | 07/28/05
Hear hear  chandler3224 | 07/28/05
I'm Not Anti  Aaron A Baker | 07/28/05
Never tried it, have you?  Chad_z | 07/28/05
LOL,  voska | 07/28/05
Linux desktop is unstable from a user perspective...  jcg_z | 07/28/05
Many of us do...  In_the_end_I_Win | 07/29/05
users..USers..yes, us users  higuns | 08/04/05
Macs are cheap  voska | 07/28/05
Stop  trlauer | 07/28/05
Hi, there. I like your comment and I agree with you.  Grayson Peddie | 07/30/05
Not bad  uno@... | 07/29/05
No Reason  tekij | 08/05/05
Oh Yes Definitely  Aaron A Baker | 07/28/05
Maybe a little better, don't you think?  haxmeister | 07/28/05
Linux patch free?  theraven_z | 07/28/05
When you and Loverock finish smokin whatever it is yer smokin  Sabz5150 | 07/28/05
Sure Linux is stable, but....  DaveWick | 07/28/05
FUD  voska | 07/28/05
Useless apps?  Sabz5150 | 07/30/05
Are you on the strongest available dose now?  Scrat | 07/28/05
new to computing?  voska | 07/28/05
...well of course it will exceed expectations  Art Royce | 07/28/05
Three little letters....  s_gamgee | 07/28/05
DRM and Vista  Joe Blow_z | 07/28/05
John Dvorak Puts It Best  itanalyst | 07/28/05
Of course, Dvorak's predictions are notoriously bad  marksashton | 07/28/05
Never say always!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 08/04/05
does this beta come in a 64-bit version? (still shabby reporting - nt)  wessonjoe | 07/28/05
Why all this ruckus?  Otto_Delete | 07/29/05
What is the purpose of this forum?  ray709 | 07/29/05
AVERAGE PERSONS  germanwolff | 07/30/05
Test 1, test 2, testing .... testing  An_Axe_to_Grind | 08/04/05
Grow up people!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 08/04/05
Some of us don't have a choice or do we?  gomfp | 08/08/05
Windows Dependence  okItsfree2 | 01/19/06

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