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Putting Lipstick on a 800 lb Pig is tough
The patchwork quilt that XP has is has so many structural and
conceptual flaws that any coherent attempt to fix it is not
possible.

The best that Microsoft will be able to do is put on a happy face
and hope that they can do better with Longhorn.
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Nothing new then.  crocd | 08/05/04
something very new...  ryusen | 08/05/04
Putting Lipstick on a 800 lb Pig is tough  Aphelion | 08/05/04
I agree to a point...  bchesmer | 08/05/04
ROTFLMAO! For some reason I pictured Ballme(r)  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/05/04
That's a good one...  Tux Groomer | 08/05/04
Pig Union Objects To Your Reference  Chad_z | 08/05/04
Miss Piggy is asking exactly what are you insinuating?  P. Douglas | 08/05/04
Hiiiiiii- Yah!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/05/04
ROTFLOL!!! And Who Wants to be the First  tbbrickster_z | 08/06/04
Darn, now the hackers who post on Zdnet  FilledOut | 08/05/04
My "Windows Buddies" all told me they uninstalled it..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/05/04
You never...  johnnyu | 08/05/04
It does, but..  Suicida| | 08/05/04
Well at least they're trying to get it right  Michael Kelly | 08/05/04
yep... and now...  ryusen | 08/05/04
Microsucks would NOT KNOW how to get it RIGHT if their life depended on it  realitycheck101 | 08/05/04
Bitter...Party of one? (NT)  DigitalKid | 08/05/04
Now I get it! Yeahright is a parody of silly Linix people, not real.  marksashton | 08/05/04
Yeah! Microsucks....sucks!!!!  TheAuthority | 08/05/04
Don't rag on linux just because you have no skills  Jeff Spicoli | 08/05/04
Windows XP update delayed again  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/04
Newsflash! 2.6 was not delayed to fix flaws in 2.4!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/05/04
2.6 was delayed for years... (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 08/05/04
Umm that's a kernal  voska | 08/05/04
Once more lovertwit shows he is mired in the Windows-only world  Jeff Spicoli | 08/05/04
No Jeff, it's Loserock.  Spoon Jabber | 08/05/04
couldn't it be changed to "smokesrock"?  Monkey_MCSE | 08/05/04
thats the best one I've seen yet! (nt)  zijiang | 08/06/04
Hello!!  Suicida| | 08/05/04
Optimism!!!  Martin Marvinski | 08/05/04
Ahem... I meant "*not* to give them the benefit..." (nt)  Martin Marvinski | 08/05/04
Microsoft has to get this right  voska | 08/05/04
MS copying again, as usual  AmusedAtItAll | 08/05/04
Where's Mike  johnnyu | 08/05/04
Isn't Mike running the beta.  UncleBubba | 08/05/04
Where's Mike Cox and his Rep?...ROFL  drichards1953 | 08/05/04
Don't you understand that Mike is really ONE OF US?  TheAuthority | 08/05/04
Are you sure??  drichards1953 | 08/05/04
No, it's subtle humor...  Zogg | 08/05/04
lol that was a clasic(nt)  zijiang | 08/06/04
haha yeah  johnnyu | 08/05/04
LOL  Suicida| | 08/05/04
ZDNet - No more articles.  doe_z | 08/05/04
ZDNet Posters Seriously Need A Sense Of Humor  itanalyst | 08/05/04
This PROVES the SUPERIORITY of LINUX!!!!  TheAuthority | 08/05/04
Linux/Windows User Comparison  itanalyst | 08/05/04
Windblows? Microsucks?  Martin Marvinski | 08/05/04
So if Linux is so great...  Brag | 08/05/04
refer to your comment later on about "Common Sense"  Monkey_MCSE | 08/05/04
The GUI was not invented on the MAC  BXLE | 08/05/04
Ummm...August?  KTLA | 08/05/04
Love it like tedious command line updates and config file  FilledOut | 08/05/04
Hmmm, seems the ABM crowd is running scared again.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/05/04
You're exactly right  Michael Kelly | 08/05/04
fear?  ryusen | 08/05/04
You mean they will HAVE too!  sa_z | 08/05/04
You forgot to mention why, bitty  AmusedAtItAll | 08/05/04
funny..  Brag | 08/05/04
SPOT ON POST!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/05/04
you had the right idea but...  ryusen | 08/05/04
Speaking of update delays, where's my fix for Mozzila?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/05/04
I think You spect too much...  Brag | 08/05/04
heh... so much for your pretention to be unbiased...  ryusen | 08/05/04
Released yesterday 8/4  bit_rot | 08/05/04
While you're on the subject...  AmusedAtItAll | 08/05/04
Oh, yeah, almost forgot....  AmusedAtItAll | 08/05/04
Spelling  Bill4 | 08/05/04
Facts...  Brag | 08/05/04
Facts?  AbsolutelyNot | 08/05/04
i think he was commenting on my accounting of his "common sense"  Monkey_MCSE | 08/05/04
Commodores  AbsolutelyNot | 08/05/04
ohh...  ryusen | 08/05/04
Wrong!  sa_z | 08/05/04
You must be mistaken  johnnyu | 08/05/04
windows 2000  V Sanders | 08/05/04
It was  johnnyu | 08/06/04
Blessed are the meek ...  RCS_z | 08/06/04
crashed  isowipe | 08/06/04

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