[Bubba_Leroy]

I have a small network of 10 computers. I have traditionally replaced two each year, so that none are older than 5 years. This year I am in the process of replacing every one of them so that I can continue to operate using only Windows XP Pro for a few more years.

Hopefully, I will be able to skip Vista entirely (just as I was able to skip Windows ME). I am convinced that MS will throw a few service packs at Vista and then replace it entirely with something that works.

[Richard Kimball]

I've posed this question on a few threads, but can anyone at MS write code anymore? Vista was a five year multi-billion dollar boondoggle. The last successful MS core operating system was written in the nineties.

That being said, I think there are definitely people at MS that can write code, I just don't know if the management will let them.

[mamelukesabre]

I went from windows 98SE to XP. I think XP will be the last microsoft operating system I ever use.