[Don Pearce]

Romeo Rondeau wrote:
Don Pearce wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:
Don Pearce wrote:
Serious question - what does Vista do that XP doesn't do as well or
better?

Sell new stuff. If Microsoft actually wanted to build a stable
system that
actually did work and didn't crash, they'd have done it years ago.
The technology to do so dates back to the early 1970s. But they
aren't in business to do that, they are in business to make money for
their shareholders
and selling new products with new bugs are how they do that.
--scott



I believe they are almost entirely Linux at Redmond - they wouldn't
touch Windows with a bargepole.

d

Where did you hear this?

Can't remember, but I seem to have a picture in my head of Bill Gates
looking sheepish when confronted.

d