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Hostile ta Vista, Baby

Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton adds his experience to the litany of woes with Microsoft Vista. Unlike most commentators who have a beef with the operating system, Bennett does a bit of surveying to bolster his points. Read his account by... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Fri, Feb 08 2008

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