Category: Bill Gates
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The Biggest Engineering Project in History
<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003460386_btview04.html" >Why Vista might be the last of its kind</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Imagine this. One of the world's most powerful monopolies puts 10,000 people to work for five years to create one new product. And nobody is really sure if anyone wants it. How's that for a gamble?<br />n<br />nThat's what we have with Windows…
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Winblows
<a href="http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061025vistabug/">Bug causes Microsoft to push Vista RTM to Nov. 8</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>PC manufacturers that expected to get their hands on the final version of Windows Vista on Wednesday have to wait a couple more weeks for the OS, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.<br />n<br />nMicrosoft Corp. originally targeted Wednesday for Vista's…
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Pay As You Play
Microsoft has a new idea. Instead of selling you a copy of Windows to run your computer, they want you to <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31850">rent a copy</a> and keep making you pay for it over and over again. This is supposed to help the poorer people access computers.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Microsoft has been reluctant to lower the price…