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Although Windows has largely maintained its dominant share of the operating system market, the software maker's inability to regularly update the product poses a growing risk to its cash cow.

Utter male bovine excrement.

Microsoft's operating-system income hasn't dropped a bit since XP came out, and it's not going to surge with a new version. MS' business depends on getting a "tax" from computer OEMs and from Enterprise licensing from large companies, which pay based on headcount regardless of what operating systems they use (including Linux and Win95).

The biggest problem MS faces is that if they keep the platform the same for too long, it gives others a chance to become compatible.
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I doubt if MS can release Vista early next year  pa2004 | 03/23/06
Are you saying previous Windows versions were an example  Laff | 03/23/06
Are you saying previous Windows versions were an example  loydc1@... | 03/24/06
They won't release it  Linux Geek | 03/23/06
Dead Wong  wmduncan | 03/23/06
Nonsense  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/23/06
Testing is overrated...  Mike Cox | 03/23/06
Testing overrated?  Steve Summers | 03/23/06
Microsoft should take the same approach ...  Not*A*Clue | 03/24/06
Too late, Mike  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/23/06
I wonder  LittleGuy | 03/23/06
This one would be very funny if  shallow_diver | 03/23/06
7.5  s_gamgee | 03/24/06
I'm giving you an 8.5 today  WiredGuy | 03/24/06
Too bad you don't list your company/employer  cyberian_z | 03/24/06
+1 fish (nt)  LoCal | 03/26/06
8.0 - no rep info...  jxb | 03/25/06
9.0  LoCal | 03/26/06
Wait 2010  andyh537@... | 03/23/06
I'm out of the office for 1 day  zmud | 03/23/06
MSFT can't win  Chad_z | 03/23/06
Ridiculous...  Mike Cox | 03/23/06
Incoming!  D. T. Schmitz | 03/23/06
Umm...9.4  s_gamgee | 03/24/06
Keep in mind, this is the same moron who posted  cyberian_z | 03/24/06
Microsoft vs Apple and Adobe - # of employees  j.m.galvin | 03/23/06
OSS Eclipse / R&D  D. T. Schmitz | 03/23/06
Lots of BS about Adobe  cubbage@... | 03/23/06
PDF is not necessarily slow...  bpick_z | 03/23/06
There are many tyrpes of pdf  j.m.galvin | 03/23/06
Apples VS Oranges  theraven_z | 03/24/06
You're rather full of yourself, which is the equivalent of saying  cyberian_z | 03/24/06
meaningless comparison  stevey_d | 03/26/06
Who has biggest market share?  GWalby | 03/23/06
Your Own Experience  Harry Bardal | 03/23/06
It's not the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean  bpick_z | 03/24/06
You could run a nuke plant with Windows too!  cyberian_z | 03/24/06
O/S Agnostic  D. T. Schmitz | 03/23/06
Clouds over Redmond...  Linux User 147560 | 03/23/06
Well, hind sight is 20-20, but, they would have been much better off with a  DonnieBoy | 03/23/06
What is the Windows kernel?  techboy_z | 03/23/06
the Windows kernel is...  Colonel Panijk | 03/23/06
Clouds over Redmond  Loverock Davidson | 03/23/06
Nobody wants to wait 5 years for an updated OS. We get new cars every year,  DonnieBoy | 03/23/06
But who buys a new car every year?  Loverock Davidson | 03/23/06
No_Ax does  Patrick Jones | 03/23/06
LOL:0))) (nt)  smartyram | 03/23/06
RE: New Car  JakAttak | 03/23/06
Just a little FYI  Rick_K | 03/23/06
They HAD to release XP because of OS X  bpick_z | 03/23/06
I know lots of people that do  voska | 03/23/06
it's interesting that none of the top billionaires do  stevey_d | 03/26/06
Yeah, an update every 5yrs is great, especially  mosborne | 03/23/06
Hold on  smartyram | 03/23/06
Only if...  Rick_K | 03/23/06
You are assuming..  Patrick Jones | 03/23/06
Too late for that  Linux User 147560 | 03/23/06
XPF is only a weak version of Maccore audio and core video  bpick_z | 03/23/06
I have no wish to use any more Microsoft-only  mosborne | 03/23/06
it may well do but  stevey_d | 03/26/06
Straw Men  blunderdog | 03/23/06
Upgrade cycle  Yagotta B. Kidding | 03/23/06
All the answers in one simple link...  blunderdog | 03/24/06
Clouds over Redmond  clockmendergb@... | 03/23/06
"Anything less would be too often and not productive..."  cyberian_z | 03/24/06
Tiger panther jaguar  Boot_Agnostic | 03/25/06
Yes, MS to close doors in 2007  Boot_Agnostic | 03/23/06
Sure, the doors will be open, but...  bpick_z | 03/23/06
I actually keep update with pure Linux  Boot_Agnostic | 03/24/06
Downhill since 98(SE)  Mr. Roboto | 03/23/06
9X was a piece of garbage  voska | 03/23/06
Why does it take such a looooong time for MS to do anything ?  michael_t | 03/23/06
Patience  smartyram | 03/23/06
Oh we will know why it took so long to make, alright.  999ad@... | 03/23/06
one difference...  Monkey_MCSE | 03/23/06
I think you've drank too much MS Koolaid n/t  mosborne | 03/23/06
Office Dinosaur ads took YEARS to bring to market  bpick_z | 03/23/06
MS  VinceS_z | 03/23/06
so ...  dlmeyer@... | 03/23/06
No Clouds over Redmond  alle2003@... | 03/23/06
Sorry about Vista spelling as Vita  alle2003@... | 03/23/06
Don't you wonder?  frabjous | 03/23/06
Implies Apple has given LESS support?  maxsnorkel | 03/24/06
I agree  bearwil | 03/24/06
Absolutely  bpick_z | 03/24/06
Macdonalds, Walmart, Microsoft  s_gamgee | 03/24/06
word of mouth advertising  wvoutlaw2002 | 03/25/06
So what?  marlinj@... | 03/27/06

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