[politicket]

The one most important feature that Microsoft has and all of the others are missing is:

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But, that's OK. Those other companies would rather play around with their widgets.

[Richard Kimball]

That call is starting to ring a little hollow. There's a significant backlash against Vista, and Dell is going to offer XP after June 30th, the official death date for XP.

Microsoft said this week that Windows revenues during the first three months of 2008 were down nearly 24% from the same period last year.

One analyst argued that the decline is more evidence that the company is having trouble convincing users of Windows Vista's value.

"More than a year has passed since the rollout of Vista to both the business and consumer markets, and experiencing revenue declines so early in the product lifecycle is not a positive sign," said Allan Krans, an analyst with Technology Business Research.

MS is having problems, and they're getting close to being the IBM of the new millenium (acting like a monopoly in a free market.)

[SlowBoat407]

The one most important feature that Microsoft has and all of the others are missing is:

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You can credit Bill Gates for getting the original DOS as the standard for government work, thereby requiring anyone who wanted to work with the government to have it as well.

Not better, just government better.