On 2008-09-15, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> From the Inquirer article:
>
> "LINUX HAS MADE headway in Microsoft's UK heartland, the PC sales
> channel. The number of machines shipped with Linux preloaded on them
> has multiplied a whopping 28 times since Microsoft launched its Vista
> operating system in January 2007."
>
> The article makes the point that this is starting from a small base,
> maybe 0.1% at the beginning of the period in question, to about 3%
> now.
>
> I thought this was going to be an interesting year, but it's been
> better than I would have expected.
>
> I gather Microsoft is hurrying to get Windows 7 out, reportedly with a
> June 2009 release date. They must be worried. Of course, 7 will
> solve all the problems with Vista.
Windows 7 will be Vista with old, dried-out mascara, left over from the
Windows 95 days. (They ran out of lipstick by now.)
--
"Windows Vista performance", on the next "In Search Of".
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